diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 74f251d..81ffa53 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+1.6.0 (2017-mm-dd)
+
+
 1.5.1 (2017-05-16)
 
 __Improvements__
diff --git a/src/pg/observatory.control b/src/pg/observatory.control
index dc9c991..ef9b995 100644
--- a/src/pg/observatory.control
+++ b/src/pg/observatory.control
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 comment = 'CartoDB Observatory backend extension'
-default_version = '1.5.1'
+default_version = '1.6.0'
 requires = 'postgis'
 superuser = true
 schema = cdb_observatory