diff --git a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
index dd8fde77..0d1bebe1 100644
--- a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.5.0"
+  ".": "1.6.0"
 }
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 69bda77d..43fdce53 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.6.0](https://github.com/arm/metis/compare/metis-v1.5.0...metis-v1.6.0) (2026-07-30)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **engine:** add execution node foundation ([#285](https://github.com/arm/metis/issues/285)) ([c2bfb29](https://github.com/arm/metis/commit/c2bfb29769812b093e769283113d9c41bc550519))
+* **memory:** add advisory git-history context ([#283](https://github.com/arm/metis/issues/283)) ([5925e4d](https://github.com/arm/metis/commit/5925e4dafd5473ee092d96840f298e2bf3242324))
+* **memory:** apply threat-model context to review and triage ([#282](https://github.com/arm/metis/issues/282)) ([6153ea0](https://github.com/arm/metis/commit/6153ea0beb2301be6ccd92f8bb683fcd9e7abfd1))
+* **memory:** initialize threat-model repository memory ([#281](https://github.com/arm/metis/issues/281)) ([49d6f5a](https://github.com/arm/metis/commit/49d6f5a6730a9df118c3b9f341e8f32668b4df8c))
+* **plugins:** add AArch64 assembly .hs extension ([#266](https://github.com/arm/metis/issues/266)) ([e5320d7](https://github.com/arm/metis/commit/e5320d77ea02db3e9a078c24f4e67b25f0948640))
+* **prompts:** externalize engine prompt resources ([#284](https://github.com/arm/metis/issues/284)) ([4d52b9d](https://github.com/arm/metis/commit/4d52b9da17decb25e0a61ce9a9dfb8eb6108adf9))
+
 ## [1.5.0](https://github.com/arm/metis/compare/metis-v1.4.0...metis-v1.5.0) (2026-07-02)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d9c0aaa5..ae7daeeb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ requires = [ "setuptools>=82.0.1" ]
 
 [project]
 name = "metis"
-version = "1.5.0"
+version = "1.6.0"
 description = "Metis is a command line tool for performing security code reviews using LLMs"
 readme = "README.md"
 keywords = [ "code-review", "llm", "security" ]
diff --git a/src/metis/version.py b/src/metis/version.py
index b406aa41..b1b67274 100644
--- a/src/metis/version.py
+++ b/src/metis/version.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 
-__version__ = "1.5.0"
+__version__ = "1.6.0"