diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 5792c21..0d1bebe 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.5.5"
+  ".": "1.6.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3c4835c..3a60c02 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.6.0](https://github.com/kiwigrid/antora-maven-content-extension/compare/v1.5.5...v1.6.0) (2024-09-05)
+
+
+### 🎁 Features
+
+* support environment variable references in maven settings server credentials ([4dfb699](https://github.com/kiwigrid/antora-maven-content-extension/commit/4dfb699d3a26d18c6e1ff3112c9a3ac4c72ec4b7)), closes [#130](https://github.com/kiwigrid/antora-maven-content-extension/issues/130)
+
+
+### 🧹 Miscellaneous Chores
+
+* **deps-dev:** bump chai from 4.3.10 to 5.1.1 ([39a449f](https://github.com/kiwigrid/antora-maven-content-extension/commit/39a449f62bad406b348ef2940926c9dc34e1fef5))
+* **deps-dev:** bump finalhandler from 1.2.1 to 1.3.0 ([8745e3d](https://github.com/kiwigrid/antora-maven-content-extension/commit/8745e3dd937811748be205f00a38d382afaa26e9))
+
 ## [1.5.5](https://github.com/kiwigrid/antora-maven-content-extension/compare/v1.5.4...v1.5.5) (2024-09-04)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 03b4674..cdf866b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
 	"name": "@kiwigrid/antora-maven-content",
-	"version": "1.5.5",
+	"version": "1.6.0",
 	"lockfileVersion": 2,
 	"requires": true,
 	"packages": {
 		"": {
 			"name": "@kiwigrid/antora-maven-content",
-			"version": "1.5.5",
+			"version": "1.6.0",
 			"license": "MIT",
 			"dependencies": {
 				"fontoxpath": "^3.23.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 801e6a2..cdceb90 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@kiwigrid/antora-maven-content",
-	"version": "1.5.5",
+	"version": "1.6.0",
 	"description": "Antora 3 extension to source documentation from maven repositories.",
 	"contributors": [
 		{