diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2940841..5fb2d4f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/apache/commons-text.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/apache/commons-text)
 [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/apache/commons-text/badge.svg)](https://coveralls.io/r/apache/commons-text)
 [![Maven Central](https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/org.apache.commons/commons-text/badge.svg)](https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/org.apache.commons/commons-text/)
-[![Javadocs](https://javadoc.io/badge/org.apache.commons/commons-text/1.5.svg)](https://javadoc.io/doc/org.apache.commons/commons-text/1.5)
+[![Javadocs](https://javadoc.io/badge/org.apache.commons/commons-text/1.6.svg)](https://javadoc.io/doc/org.apache.commons/commons-text/1.6)
 
 Apache Commons Text is a library focused on algorithms working on strings.
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
   <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
-  <version>1.5</version>
+  <version>1.6</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
index 3375b04..b11c5af 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,35 @@
                           Apache Commons Text
+                              Version 1.6
+                             Release Notes
+
+INTRODUCTION
+============
+
+This document contains the release notes for the 1.6 version of Apache Commons
+Text. Commons Text is a set of utility functions and reusable components for
+the purpose of processing and manipulating text that should be of use in a Java
+environment.
+
+This component requires Java 8.
+
+CHANGES
+=======
+
+o TEXT-144:  Add the resource string bundle string lookup to the default set of lookups
+o TEXT-145:  Add StringLookupFactory methods for the URL encoder and decoder string lookups
+o TEXT-146:  org.apache.commons.text.lookup.StringLookupFactory.interpolatorStringLookup() should reuse a singleton instance
+o TEXT-147:  Add a Base64 encoder string lookup.
+
+Historical list of changes: http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-text/changes-report.html
+
+For complete information on Apache Commons Text, including instructions on how to submit bug reports,
+patches, or suggestions for improvement, see the Apache Apache Commons Text website:
+
+http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-text
+
+=============================================================================
+
+                          Apache Commons Text
                               Version 1.5
                              Release Notes
 
@@ -38,6 +69,7 @@
 
 o TEXT-132:  Update Apache Commons Lang from 3.7 to 3.8.1
 
+=============================================================================
 
                           Apache Commons Text
                               Version 1.4
@@ -65,6 +97,7 @@
 o TEXT-121:  Update Java requirement from version 7 to 8. Thanks to pschumacher.
 o TEXT-122:  Allow full customization with new API org.apache.commons.text.lookup.StringLookupFactory.interpolatorStringLookup(Map<String, StringLookup>, StringLookup, boolean).
 
+=============================================================================
 
                           Apache Commons Text
                               Version 1.3
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 289e006..f650aaa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <version>47</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
-  <version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.6</version>
   <name>Apache Commons Text</name>
   <description>Apache Commons Text is a library focused on algorithms working on strings.</description>
   <url>http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-text</url>
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <commons.componentid>text</commons.componentid>
     <commons.module.name>org.apache.commons.text</commons.module.name>
 
-    <commons.release.version>1.5</commons.release.version>
+    <commons.release.version>1.6</commons.release.version>
     <commons.release.desc>(Java 8+)</commons.release.desc>
 
     <commons.jira.id>TEXT</commons.jira.id>
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@
     <japicmp.skip>false</japicmp.skip>
 
     <!-- Commons Release Plugin -->
-    <commons.bc.version>1.4</commons.bc.version>
-    <commons.rc.version>RC3</commons.rc.version>
+    <commons.bc.version>1.5</commons.bc.version>
+    <commons.rc.version>RC1</commons.rc.version>
     <commons.release.isDistModule>true</commons.release.isDistModule>
     <commons.distSvnStagingUrl>scm:svn:https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/${commons.componentid}</commons.distSvnStagingUrl>
     <commons.releaseManagerName>Rob Tompkins</commons.releaseManagerName>
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 006aa8a..f3a9578 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
 
-  <release version="1.6" date="2018-MM-DD" description="Release 1.6">
+  <release version="1.6" date="2018-10-12" description="Release 1.6">
     <action issue="TEXT-144" type="update" dev="ggregory">Add the resource string bundle string lookup to the default set of lookups</action>
     <action issue="TEXT-145" type="update" dev="ggregory">Add StringLookupFactory methods for the URL encoder and decoder string lookups</action>
     <action issue="TEXT-146" type="update" dev="ggregory">org.apache.commons.text.lookup.StringLookupFactory.interpolatorStringLookup() should reuse a singleton instance</action>
diff --git a/src/site/resources/release-notes/RELEASE-NOTES-1.6.txt b/src/site/resources/release-notes/RELEASE-NOTES-1.6.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b11c5af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/site/resources/release-notes/RELEASE-NOTES-1.6.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,353 @@
+                          Apache Commons Text
+                              Version 1.6
+                             Release Notes
+
+INTRODUCTION
+============
+
+This document contains the release notes for the 1.6 version of Apache Commons
+Text. Commons Text is a set of utility functions and reusable components for
+the purpose of processing and manipulating text that should be of use in a Java
+environment.
+
+This component requires Java 8.
+
+CHANGES
+=======
+
+o TEXT-144:  Add the resource string bundle string lookup to the default set of lookups
+o TEXT-145:  Add StringLookupFactory methods for the URL encoder and decoder string lookups
+o TEXT-146:  org.apache.commons.text.lookup.StringLookupFactory.interpolatorStringLookup() should reuse a singleton instance
+o TEXT-147:  Add a Base64 encoder string lookup.
+
+Historical list of changes: http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-text/changes-report.html
+
+For complete information on Apache Commons Text, including instructions on how to submit bug reports,
+patches, or suggestions for improvement, see the Apache Apache Commons Text website:
+
+http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-text
+
+=============================================================================
+
+                          Apache Commons Text
+                              Version 1.5
+                             Release Notes
+
+INTRODUCTION
+============
+
+This document contains the release notes for the 1.5 version of Apache Commons
+Text. Commons Text is a set of utility functions and reusable components for 
+the purpose of processing and manipulating text that should be of use in a Java
+environment.
+
+This component requires Java 8.
+
+NEW FEATURES
+============
+
+o TEXT-133:  Add a XML file XPath string lookup.
+o TEXT-134:  Add a Properties file string lookup.
+o TEXT-135:  Add a script string lookup.
+o TEXT-136:  Add a file string lookup.
+o TEXT-137:  Add a URL string lookup.
+o TEXT-140:  Add a Base64 string lookup.
+o TEXT-141:  Add org.apache.commons.text.lookup.StringLookupFactory.resourceBundleStringLookup(String).
+o TEXT-142:  Add URL encoder and decoder string lookups.
+o TEXT-143:  Add constant string lookup like the one in Apache Commons Configuration.
+
+FIXED BUGS
+==========
+
+o TEXT-139:  Improve JaccardSimilarity computational cost Thanks to Nick Wong.
+o TEXT-118:  JSON escaping incorrect for the delete control character Thanks to Nandor Kollar.
+o TEXT-130:  Fixes JaroWinklerDistance: Wrong results due to precision of transpositions Thanks to Jan Martin Keil.
+o TEXT-131:  JaroWinklerDistance: Calculation deviates from definition Thanks to Jan Martin Keil.
+
+CHANGES
+=======
+
+o TEXT-132:  Update Apache Commons Lang from 3.7 to 3.8.1
+
+=============================================================================
+
+                          Apache Commons Text
+                              Version 1.4
+                             Release Notes
+
+INTRODUCTION
+============
+
+This document contains the release notes for the 1.4 version of Apache Commons
+Text. Commons Text is a set of utility functions and reusable components for 
+the purpose of processing and manipulating text that should be of use in a Java
+environment.
+
+This component requires Java 8.
+
+
+Changes in this version include:
+    
+Fixed Bugs:
+o TEXT-120:  StringEscapeUtils#unescapeJson does not unescape double quotes and forward slash.
+o TEXT-119:  Remove mention of SQL escaping from user guide.
+o TEXT-123:  WordUtils.wrap throws StringIndexOutOfBoundsException when wrapLength is Integer.MAX_VALUE. Thanks to Takanobu Asanuma.
+                
+Changes:
+o TEXT-121:  Update Java requirement from version 7 to 8. Thanks to pschumacher.
+o TEXT-122:  Allow full customization with new API org.apache.commons.text.lookup.StringLookupFactory.interpolatorStringLookup(Map<String, StringLookup>, StringLookup, boolean).
+
+=============================================================================
+
+                          Apache Commons Text
+                              Version 1.3
+                             Release Notes
+
+INTRODUCTION
+============
+
+This document contains the release notes for the 1.3 version of Apache Commons
+Text. Commons Text is a set of utility functions and reusable components for 
+the purpose of processing and manipulating text that should be of use in a Java
+environment.
+
+This component requires Java 7.
+
+NEW FEATURES
+=============
+
+o Add Automatic-Module-Name MANIFEST entry for Java 9 compatibility  Issue: TEXT-110. 
+o Add an interpolator string lookup: StringLookupFactory#interpolatorStringLookup()  Issue: TEXT-113. 
+o Add a StrSubstitutor replacement based on interfaces: StringSubstitutor  Issue: TEXT-114. 
+o Add a StrBuilder replacement based on the StringMatcher interface: TextStringBuilder  Issue: TEXT-115. 
+o Add a StrTokenizer replacement based on the StringMatcher interface: StringTokenizer  Issue: TEXT-116. 
+o Add a local host string lookup: LocalHostStringLookup  Issue: TEXT-117. 
+
+FIXED BUGS
+==========
+
+o Build failure with java 9-ea+159  Issue: TEXT-70. 
+o StrLookup API confusing  Issue: TEXT-80. 
+
+=============================================================================
+
+                          Apache Commons Text
+                              Version 1.2
+                             Release Notes
+
+INTRODUCTION
+============
+
+This document contains the release notes for the 1.2 version of Apache Commons
+Text. Commons Text is a set of utility functions and reusable components for 
+the purpose of processing and manipulating text that should be of use in a Java
+environment.
+
+This component requires Java 7.
+
+JAVA 9 SUPPORT
+==============
+
+At our time of release of 1.1, our build succeeds with Java 9-ea build 159,
+and we believe all of our features to be Java 9 compatible. However, when we
+run "mvn clean site" we have failures.
+
+NEW FEATURES
+=============
+
+o TEXT-74:   StrSubstitutor: Ability to turn off substitution in values. Thanks to Ioannis Sermetziadis.
+o TEXT-97:   RandomStringGenerator able to pass multiple ranges to .withinRange(). Thanks to Amey Jadiye.
+o TEXT-89:   WordUtils.initials support for UTF-16 surrogate pairs. Thanks to Arun Vinud S S.
+o TEXT-90:   Add CharacterPredicates for ASCII letters (uppercase/lowercase) and arabic numerals.
+o TEXT-85:   Added CaseUtils class with camel case conversion support. Thanks to Arun Vinud S S.
+o TEXT-91:   RandomStringGenerator should be able to generate a String with a random length.
+o TEXT-102:  Add StrLookup.resourceBundleLookup(ResourceBundle).
+
+FIXED BUGS
+==========
+
+o TEXT-106:  Exception thrown in ExtendedMessageFormat using quotes with custom registry. Thanks to Benoit Moreau.
+o TEXT-100:  StringEscapeUtils#UnEscapeJson doesn't recognize escape signs correctly. Thanks to Don Jeba.
+o TEXT-105:  Typo in LongestCommonSubsequence#logestCommonSubsequence. Thanks to Abrasha.
+
+CHANGES
+=======
+
+o TEXT-107:  Upversion commons-lang to 3.7.
+o TEXT-98:   Deprecate isDelimiter and use HashSets for delimiter checks. Thanks to Arun Vinud S S.
+o TEXT-88:   WordUtils should treat an empty delimiter array as no delimiters. Thanks to Amey Jadiye.
+o TEXT-93:   Update RandomStringGenerator to accept a list of valid characters. Thanks to Amey Jadiye.
+o TEXT-92:   Update commons-lang dependency to version 3.6.
+o TEXT-83:   Document that commons-csv should be used in preference to CsvTranslators. Thanks to Amey Jadiye.
+o TEXT-67:   NumericEntityUnescaper.options - fix TODO.
+o TEXT-84:   RandomStringGenerator claims to be immutable, but isn't.
+
+=============================================================================
+
+                        Release Notes for version 1.1
+
+JAVA 9 SUPPORT
+==============
+
+At our time of release of 1.1, our build succeeds with Java 9-ea build 159,
+and we believe all of our features to be Java 9 compatible. However, when we 
+run "mvn clean site" we have failures.
+
+NEW FEATURES
+============
+
+o TEXT-41:   WordUtils.abbreviate support Thanks to Amey Jadiye.
+o TEXT-82:   Putting WordUtils back in to the codebase Thanks to Amey Jadiye.
+o TEXT-81:   Add RandomStringGenerator Thanks to djones.
+o TEXT-36:   RandomStringGenerator: allow users to provide source of randomness
+             Thanks to Raymond DeCampo.
+                
+FIXED BUGS
+==========
+
+o TEXT-76:   Correct round issue in Jaro Winkler implementation
+o TEXT-72:   Similar to LANG-1025, clirr fails site build.
+                
+CHANGES
+=======
+
+o TEXT-39:   WordUtils should use toXxxxCase(int) rather than toXxxxCase(char) 
+             Thanks to Amey Jadiye.
+
+=============================================================================
+
+                        Release Notes for version 1.0
+
+INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
+====================
+
+All package names changed from org.apache.commons.text.beta in 1.0-beta-1 to
+org.apache.commons.text in 1.0.
+
+Methods StringEscapeUtils#escapeHtml3Once and StringEscapeUtils#escapeHtml4Once
+have been removed; see TEXT-40
+
+JAVA 9 SUPPORT
+==============
+
+At our time of release of 1.0, our build succeeds with Java 9-ea build 158,
+and we believe all of our features to be Java 9 compatible. However, when we run
+"mvn clean site" we have failures.
+
+FIXED BUGS
+==========
+
+o TEXT-64:   Investigate locale issue in ExtendedMessageFormatTest. Thanks to
+             chtompki.
+o TEXT-69:   Resolve PMD/CMD Violations
+o TEXT-65:   Fixing the 200 checkstyle errors present in 1.0-beta-1.
+o TEXT-63:   Mutable fields should be private.
+
+REMOVED
+=======
+
+o TEXT-40:   Escape HTML characters only once: revert.
+
+=============================================================================
+
+                        Release Notes for version 1.0-beta-1
+
+
+A NOTE ON THE HISTORY OF THE CODE
+=================================
+
+The codebase began in the fall of 2014 as a location for housing algorithms for
+operating on Strings that seemed to have a more complex nature than those which
+would be considered a needed extension to java.lang. Thus, a new component,
+different from Apache Commons Lang was warranted. As the project evolved, it was
+noticed that Commons Lang had considerable more text manipulation tools than
+the average Java application developer would need or even want. So, we have
+decided to move the more esoteric String processing algorithms out of Commons
+Lang into Commons Text.
+
+JAVA 9 SUPPORT
+==============
+
+At our time of release of 1.0-beta-1, our build succeeds with Java 9-ea build 153,
+and we believe all of our features to be Java 9 compatible.
+
+NEW FEATURES
+============
+
+o TEXT-56:   Move CvsTranslators out of StringEscapeUtils and make them DRY
+             Thanks to Jarek Strzeleck.
+o TEXT-40:   Escape HTML characters only once Thanks to Sampanna Kahu.
+o TEXT-32:   Add LCS similarity and distance
+o TEXT-34:   Add class to generate random strings
+o TEXT-29:   Add a builder to StringEscapeUtils
+o TEXT-28:   Add shell/XSI escape/unescape support
+o TEXT-2:    Add Jaccard Index and Jaccard Distance Thanks to Don Jeba.
+o TEXT-27:   Move org.apache.commons.lang3.StringEscapeUtils.java into text
+o TEXT-23:   Moving from commons-lang, the package org.apache.commons.lang3.text
+o TEXT-10:   A more complex Levenshtein distance Thanks to Don Jeba.
+o TEXT-24:   Add coveralls and Travis.ci integration
+o TEXT-19:   Add alphabet converter Thanks to Eyal Allweil.
+o TEXT-13:   Create Commons Text logo
+o TEXT-7:    Write user guide
+o TEXT-15:   Human name parser
+o TEXT-3:    Add Cosine Similarity and Cosine Distance
+o TEXT-4:    Port Myers algorithm from [collections]
+o TEXT-1:    Add Hamming distance
+o TEXT-9:    Incorporate String algorithms from Commons Lang Thanks to britter.
+
+FIXED BUGS
+==========
+
+Note. We recognize the curiosity of a new component having "fixed bugs," but a
+considerable number of files were migrated over from Commons Lang, some of which
+needed fixes.
+
+o TEXT-62:   Incorporate suggestions from RC2 into 1.0 release.
+o TEXT-60:   Upgrading Jacoco for Java 9-ea compatibility. Thanks to Lee Adcock.
+o TEXT-52:   Possible attacks through StringEscapeUtils.escapeEcmaScrip better
+             javadoc
+o TEXT-37:   Global vs local source of randomness
+o TEXT-38:   Fluent API in "RandomStringBuilder"
+o TEXT-26:   Fix JaroWinklerDistance in the manner of LUCENE-1297
+o TEXT-35:   Unfinished class Javadoc for CosineDistance
+o TEXT-22:   LevenshteinDistance reduce memory consumption
+o TEXT-5:    IP clearance for the names package
+o TEXT-11:   Work on the string metric, distance, and similarity definitions for
+             the project
+o TEXT-12:   Create StringDistanceFrom class that contains a StringMetric and
+             the "left" side string. This would have a method that accepts the
+             "right" side string to test. Thanks to Jonathan baker.
+o TEXT-8:    Change (R) StringMetric.compare(CS left, CS right) to "apply" so
+             that it is consistent with BiFunction. Thanks to Jonathan Baker.
+o TEXT-6:    Allow extra information (e.g. Levenshtein threshold) to be stored
+             as (final) fields in the StringMetric instance. Thanks to Jonathan
+             Baker.
+
+CHANGES
+=======
+
+o TEXT-61:   Naming packages org.apache.commons.text.beta Thanks to Lee Adcock.
+o TEXT-58:   Refactor EntityArrays to have unmodifiableMaps in leu of String[][]
+o TEXT-53:   Prepare site for 1.0 release
+o TEXT-50:   Upgrade from commons-parent version 41 to version 42
+o TEXT-33:   Consolidating since tags at 1.0, removing deprecated methods
+o TEXT-16:   Improve HumanNameParser
+
+REMOVED
+=======
+
+o TEXT-55:   Remove WordUtils to be added back in an upcoming 1.X release
+o TEXT-51:   Remove RandomStringGenerator to be added back in the 1.1 release
+o TEXT-31:   Remove org.apache.commons.text.names, for later release than 1.0
+
+
+Historical list of changes: http://commons.apache.org/text/changes-report.html
+
+For complete information on Apache Commons Text, including instructions on how
+to submit bug reports, patches, or suggestions for improvement, see the Apache
+Apache Commons Text website:
+
+http://commons.apache.org/text/
+
+Have fun!
+-Apache Commons Text team
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/download_text.xml b/src/site/xdoc/download_text.xml
index 581ce7f..4c4802f 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/download_text.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/download_text.xml
@@ -111,36 +111,36 @@
       </p>
     </subsection>
     </section>
-    <section name="Apache Commons Text 1.5 (Java 8+)">
+    <section name="Apache Commons Text 1.6 (Java 8+)">
       <subsection name="Binaries">
         <table>
           <tr>
-              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/text/binaries/commons-text-1.5-bin.tar.gz">commons-text-1.5-bin.tar.gz</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/binaries/commons-text-1.5-bin.tar.gz.sha256">sha256</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/binaries/commons-text-1.5-bin.tar.gz.sha512">sha512</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/binaries/commons-text-1.5-bin.tar.gz.asc">pgp</a></td>
+              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/text/binaries/commons-text-1.6-bin.tar.gz">commons-text-1.6-bin.tar.gz</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/binaries/commons-text-1.6-bin.tar.gz.sha256">sha256</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/binaries/commons-text-1.6-bin.tar.gz.sha512">sha512</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/binaries/commons-text-1.6-bin.tar.gz.asc">pgp</a></td>
           </tr>
           <tr>
-              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/text/binaries/commons-text-1.5-bin.zip">commons-text-1.5-bin.zip</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/binaries/commons-text-1.5-bin.zip.sha256">sha256</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/binaries/commons-text-1.5-bin.zip.sha512">sha512</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/binaries/commons-text-1.5-bin.zip.asc">pgp</a></td>
+              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/text/binaries/commons-text-1.6-bin.zip">commons-text-1.6-bin.zip</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/binaries/commons-text-1.6-bin.zip.sha256">sha256</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/binaries/commons-text-1.6-bin.zip.sha512">sha512</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/binaries/commons-text-1.6-bin.zip.asc">pgp</a></td>
           </tr>
         </table>
       </subsection>
       <subsection name="Source">
         <table>
           <tr>
-              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/text/source/commons-text-1.5-src.tar.gz">commons-text-1.5-src.tar.gz</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/source/commons-text-1.5-src.tar.gz.sha256">sha256</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/source/commons-text-1.5-src.tar.gz.sha512">sha512</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/source/commons-text-1.5-src.tar.gz.asc">pgp</a></td>
+              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/text/source/commons-text-1.6-src.tar.gz">commons-text-1.6-src.tar.gz</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/source/commons-text-1.6-src.tar.gz.sha256">sha256</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/source/commons-text-1.6-src.tar.gz.sha512">sha512</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/source/commons-text-1.6-src.tar.gz.asc">pgp</a></td>
           </tr>
           <tr>
-              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/text/source/commons-text-1.5-src.zip">commons-text-1.5-src.zip</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/source/commons-text-1.5-src.zip.sha256">sha256</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/source/commons-text-1.5-src.zip.sha512">sha512</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/source/commons-text-1.5-src.zip.asc">pgp</a></td>
+              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/text/source/commons-text-1.6-src.zip">commons-text-1.6-src.zip</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/source/commons-text-1.6-src.zip.sha256">sha256</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/source/commons-text-1.6-src.zip.sha512">sha512</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/text/source/commons-text-1.6-src.zip.asc">pgp</a></td>
           </tr>
         </table>
       </subsection>
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/index.xml b/src/site/xdoc/index.xml
index cac899c..093dda1 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/index.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/index.xml
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@
 </section>
 <!-- ================================================== -->
 <section name="Release Information">
-<p>The latest stable release of Text is 1.5. You may: </p>
+<p>The latest stable release of Text is 1.6. You may: </p>
 <ul>
-<li>Download <a href="http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-text/download_text.cgi">1.5</a></li>
-<li>Read the <a href="release-notes/RELEASE-NOTES-1.5.txt">1.5 release notes</a></li>
+<li>Download <a href="http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-text/download_text.cgi">1.6</a></li>
+<li>Read the <a href="release-notes/RELEASE-NOTES-1.6.txt">1.6 release notes</a></li>
 </ul>
 <p>
 Alternatively you can pull it from the central Maven repositories:
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 &lt;dependency&gt;
    &lt;groupId&gt;org.apache.commons&lt;/groupId&gt;
    &lt;artifactId&gt;commons-text&lt;/artifactId&gt;
-   &lt;version&gt;1.5&lt;/version&gt;
+   &lt;version&gt;1.6&lt;/version&gt;
 &lt;/dependency&gt;
 </pre>
 </p>
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/release-history.xml b/src/site/xdoc/release-history.xml
index 80cf58b..09b3e67 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/release-history.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/release-history.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 <table>
 <tr><th>Version</th><th>Release date (YYYY-MM-DD)</th><th>Required Java Version</th><th>Javadoc</th><th>Release notes</th></tr>
 <tr>
+  <td>1.6</td><td>2018-10-12</td><td>8</td><td><a href="javadocs/api-1.6/index.html">api-1.6</a></td><td><a href="release-notes/RELEASE-NOTES-1.6.txt">release notes for 1.6</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
   <td>1.5</td><td>2018-09-29</td><td>8</td><td><a href="javadocs/api-1.5/index.html">api-1.5</a></td><td><a href="release-notes/RELEASE-NOTES-1.5.txt">release notes for 1.5</a></td>
 </tr>
 <tr>