diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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 Package: vroom
 Title: Read and Write Rectangular Text Data Quickly
-Version: 1.5.7.9000
+Version: 1.6.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Jim", "Hester", , "jim.hester@rstudio.com", role = "aut",
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-2739-7082")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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-# vroom (development version)
+# vroom 1.6.0
 
 * `vroom(col_select=)` now handles column selection by numeric position when `id` column is provided (#455).