diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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-Mon Mar 25 2019 Marcin Åšlusarz <marcin.slusarz@intel.com>
+Tue Mar 26 2019 Marcin Åšlusarz <marcin.slusarz@intel.com>
 
-	* Version 1.6-rc3
+	* Version 1.6
 
 	This release:
 	- Enables unsafe shutdown and bad block detection on Linux
diff --git a/GIT_VERSION b/GIT_VERSION
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-$Format:%h %d$
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
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+1.6