diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 2ec0bb6b..fa2613a6 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.5.1
+current_version = 1.6.0
 commit = True
 message = 
 	Prepare for {new_version} release
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index c246cb6d..7f84e5ba 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,23 @@ Changelog
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+pystack 1.6.0 (2026-01-25)
+--------------------------
+
+Features
+~~~~~~~~
+
+- Provide wheels for free-threaded builds of Python 3.13 (#271)
+- Add the Python 3.14 trove classifier to our package metadata (#269)
+- Improve some error messages and log messages (#260, #258)
+
+
+Bug Fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+- Fix handling of duplicate ``_PyRuntime`` symbols when ctypes mmaps a statically linked Python interpreter's binary in order to create a trampoline. Previously this led to "Invalid address in remote process" errors. (#258)
+
+
 pystack 1.5.1 (2025-08-18)
 --------------------------
 
diff --git a/news/258.bugfix.rst b/news/258.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 241682a6..00000000
--- a/news/258.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix handling of duplicate ``_PyRuntime`` symbols when ctypes mmaps a statically linked Python interpreter's binary in order to create a trampoline. Previously this led to "Invalid address in remote process" errors.
diff --git a/news/271.feature.rst b/news/271.feature.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 61b59339..00000000
--- a/news/271.feature.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Provide wheels for free-threaded builds of Python 3.13
diff --git a/src/pystack/_version.py b/src/pystack/_version.py
index 0f228f25..e4adfb83 100644
--- a/src/pystack/_version.py
+++ b/src/pystack/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.5.1"
+__version__ = "1.6.0"