diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 21717ceba..dc1e644a1 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.5.5-pre
+1.6.0
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 28175b97d..9c9f29820 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 libsrtp 1.6.0-pre.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for libsrtp 1.6.0.
 #
 # Report bugs to <https://github.com/cisco/libsrtp/issues>.
 #
@@ -580,8 +580,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='libsrtp'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='libsrtp'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='1.6.0-pre'
-PACKAGE_STRING='libsrtp 1.6.0-pre'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='1.6.0'
+PACKAGE_STRING='libsrtp 1.6.0'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='https://github.com/cisco/libsrtp/issues'
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1256,7 +1256,7 @@ 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 libsrtp 1.6.0-pre to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures libsrtp 1.6.0 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of libsrtp 1.6.0-pre:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of libsrtp 1.6.0:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1414,7 +1414,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-libsrtp configure 1.6.0-pre
+libsrtp configure 1.6.0
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -2020,7 +2020,7 @@ 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 libsrtp $as_me 1.6.0-pre, which was
+It was created by libsrtp $as_me 1.6.0, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -6516,7 +6516,7 @@ cat >>$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 libsrtp $as_me 1.6.0-pre, which was
+This file was extended by libsrtp $as_me 1.6.0, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -6578,7 +6578,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-libsrtp config.status 1.6.0-pre
+libsrtp config.status 1.6.0
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 7e2fcb1d5..16c3def16 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
-AC_INIT([libsrtp], [1.6.0-pre], [https://github.com/cisco/libsrtp/issues])
+AC_INIT([libsrtp], [1.6.0], [https://github.com/cisco/libsrtp/issues])
 
 dnl Must come before AC_PROG_CC
 if test -z "$CFLAGS"; then