diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bc32b2f3a..330831886 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ release.
 -->
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+
+# [1.6.0]()
+
 ### Added
 - Hard coded support for `csminit`ed cubes that have serial numbers that differ from `spiceinit`ed cubes.
 - Added support for scale and offset for GeoDataset objects.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a423c81a1..a89dc2cc3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 def setup_package():
     setup(
         name = "plio",
-        version = '1.5.5',
+        version = '1.6.5',
         author = "USGS Astrogeology",
         author_email = "jlaura@usgs.gov",
         description = ("I/O API to support planetary data formats."),