diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 67cbd538c..26bdefc14 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for unbound 1.5.11.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for unbound 1.6.0.
 #
 # Report bugs to <unbound-bugs@nlnetlabs.nl>.
 #
@@ -590,8 +590,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='unbound'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='unbound'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='1.5.11'
-PACKAGE_STRING='unbound 1.5.11'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='1.6.0'
+PACKAGE_STRING='unbound 1.6.0'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='unbound-bugs@nlnetlabs.nl'
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1403,7 +1403,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures unbound 1.5.11 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures unbound 1.6.0 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1468,7 +1468,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of unbound 1.5.11:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of unbound 1.6.0:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1658,7 +1658,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-unbound configure 1.5.11
+unbound configure 1.6.0
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -2367,7 +2367,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by unbound $as_me 1.5.11, which was
+It was created by unbound $as_me 1.6.0, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -2717,9 +2717,9 @@ ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
 
 UNBOUND_VERSION_MAJOR=1
 
-UNBOUND_VERSION_MINOR=5
+UNBOUND_VERSION_MINOR=6
 
-UNBOUND_VERSION_MICRO=11
+UNBOUND_VERSION_MICRO=0
 
 
 LIBUNBOUND_CURRENT=6
@@ -2773,7 +2773,7 @@ LIBUNBOUND_AGE=4
 # 1.5.8 had 6:0:4 # adds ub_ctx_set_stub
 # 1.5.9 had 6:1:4
 # 1.5.10 had 6:2:4
-# 1.5.11 had 6:3:4
+# 1.6.0 had 6:3:4
 
 #   Current  -- the number of the binary API that we're implementing
 #   Revision -- which iteration of the implementation of the binary
@@ -19920,7 +19920,7 @@ _ACEOF
 
 
 
-version=1.5.11
+version=1.6.0
 
 date=`date +'%b %e, %Y'`
 
@@ -20435,7 +20435,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by unbound $as_me 1.5.11, which was
+This file was extended by unbound $as_me 1.6.0, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -20501,7 +20501,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-unbound config.status 1.5.11
+unbound config.status 1.6.0
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d96d64a4d..5495a69be 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ sinclude(dnstap/dnstap.m4)
 
 # must be numbers. ac_defun because of later processing
 m4_define([VERSION_MAJOR],[1])
-m4_define([VERSION_MINOR],[5])
-m4_define([VERSION_MICRO],[11])
+m4_define([VERSION_MINOR],[6])
+m4_define([VERSION_MICRO],[0])
 AC_INIT(unbound, m4_defn([VERSION_MAJOR]).m4_defn([VERSION_MINOR]).m4_defn([VERSION_MICRO]), unbound-bugs@nlnetlabs.nl, unbound)
 AC_SUBST(UNBOUND_VERSION_MAJOR, [VERSION_MAJOR])
 AC_SUBST(UNBOUND_VERSION_MINOR, [VERSION_MINOR])
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ LIBUNBOUND_AGE=4
 # 1.5.8 had 6:0:4 # adds ub_ctx_set_stub
 # 1.5.9 had 6:1:4
 # 1.5.10 had 6:2:4
-# 1.5.11 had 6:3:4
+# 1.6.0 had 6:3:4
 
 #   Current  -- the number of the binary API that we're implementing
 #   Revision -- which iteration of the implementation of the binary
diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 6baa70ac4..94e48c851 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+29 November 2016: Wouter
+	- version 1.6.0 is in the development branch.
+
 28 November 2016: Wouter
 	- new install-sh.