diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 416feff3ea74fff3b45823c4231d3265c2e55920..0d55a4826a5f016133e3f7b19f1d70b81407378c 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 .. vim: set fileencoding=utf-8 :
 .. Tue 16 Aug 16:07:37 CEST 2016
 
-.. image:: http://img.shields.io/badge/docs-stable-yellow.svg
-   :target: https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/docs/bob/gridtk/stable/index.html
+.. image:: http://img.shields.io/badge/docs-v1.6.0-yellow.svg
+   :target: https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/docs/bob/gridtk/v1.6.0/index.html
 .. image:: http://img.shields.io/badge/docs-latest-orange.svg
    :target: https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/docs/bob/gridtk/master/index.html
-.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/gridtk/badges/master/build.svg
-   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/gridtk/commits/master
-.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/gridtk/badges/master/coverage.svg
-   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/gridtk/commits/master
+.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/gridtk/badges/v1.6.0/build.svg
+   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/gridtk/commits/v1.6.0
+.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/gridtk/badges/v1.6.0/coverage.svg
+   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/gridtk/commits/v1.6.0
 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/gitlab-project-0000c0.svg
    :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/gridtk
 .. image:: http://img.shields.io/pypi/v/gridtk.svg
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ development `mailing list`_.
 .. Place your references here:
 .. _bob: https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob
 .. _installation: https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/install
-.. _mailing list: https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/discuss
+.. _mailing list: https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/discuss
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diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index e96a3cfe6287a19497eae9491b815e9ab221c827..ce6a70b9d84c565d0208be24d5f946dc7585880a 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.5.1b0
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+1.6.0
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