diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index dd8fde7..0d1bebe 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.5.0"
+  ".": "1.6.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 316b589..73df260 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.6.0](https://github.com/runpod-workers/flash/compare/v1.5.0...v1.6.0) (2026-08-20)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* SLS-360 import shipped local modules before executing user code ([#100](https://github.com/runpod-workers/flash/issues/100)) ([a44da63](https://github.com/runpod-workers/flash/commit/a44da63664b14d70315a2b566e865a71f33f19aa))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **ci:** support py3.10 in check_git_deps import ([#106](https://github.com/runpod-workers/flash/issues/106)) ([89eb6a0](https://github.com/runpod-workers/flash/commit/89eb6a009e9ce0a4ecfc96c9e46ed0d3e4adf49e))
+* **deps:** bump ([#105](https://github.com/runpod-workers/flash/issues/105)) ([ea9f7df](https://github.com/runpod-workers/flash/commit/ea9f7df2b424a507119a229c3be5d45041c92742))
+* **deps:** bump runpod-flash 1.16.0 -> 1.17.0, runpod 1.9.0 -> 1.9.1 ([#99](https://github.com/runpod-workers/flash/issues/99)) ([7fb0d11](https://github.com/runpod-workers/flash/commit/7fb0d117e5ebd5ea27908a246699e6b6f0cc645d))
+* **docker:** install torchvision in GPU worker image ([#101](https://github.com/runpod-workers/flash/issues/101)) ([53aeb8a](https://github.com/runpod-workers/flash/commit/53aeb8acc85dcbdf81b0e9a4d2e2ccbc8819999d))
+* unpin runpod-flash to released 1.19.0 ([#103](https://github.com/runpod-workers/flash/issues/103)) ([cb76157](https://github.com/runpod-workers/flash/commit/cb76157b82861f1bd5b24f9953aa4b13a0d23fd0))
+
 ## [1.5.0](https://github.com/runpod-workers/flash/compare/v1.4.4...v1.5.0) (2026-04-29)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e3c0cd5..e4c3c9f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "worker-flash"
-version = "1.5.0"
+version = "1.6.0"
 description = "Dynamic GPU provisioning for ML workloads with transparent execution"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.14"
diff --git a/src/version.py b/src/version.py
index f09a91e..17c7386 100644
--- a/src/version.py
+++ b/src/version.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import sys
 from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
 
-__version__ = "1.5.0"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "1.6.0"  # x-release-please-version
 
 
 class PythonVersionMismatchError(RuntimeError):