diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9cd866f911a14f41ecbff499298a56d20d348385..7d51225d839db5671b2e08059f51a36b50a0bada 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Knot DNS 1.6.0 (2014-10-23)
+===========================
+
+Bugfixes:
+---------
+ - Fix zone expiration when AXFR/IXFR is being refused by master
+ - Fix forced zone refresh on slave (knotc refresh -f)
+
 Knot DNS 1.6.0-rc2 (2014-10-17)
 ===============================
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fceefe11d02dc5e99c21460ee15a54ad767764ba..fcb9709827213963a247fce6eb61c01a9af52ec6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #                                               -*- Autoconf -*-
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
-AC_INIT([knot], [1.6.0-rc2], [knot-dns@labs.nic.cz])
+AC_INIT([knot], [1.6.0], [knot-dns@labs.nic.cz])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([gnits subdir-objects dist-xz -Wall -Werror])
 AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/knot/main.c])