2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bee5d2a..4c7a961 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.onap.aai</groupId>
     <artifactId>rest-client</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>aai-rest-client</name>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index f78f30b..a0756ad 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # because they are used in Jenkins, whose plug-in doesn't support
 
 major=1
-minor=5
-patch=1
+minor=6
+patch=0
 
 base_version=${major}.${minor}.${patch}