diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index d2b9dcf..ee2a29d 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # RELEASE NOTES
 
-04 June 2018 - Apache Newt v1.4.0
+27 March 2019 - Apache Newt v1.6.0
 
 For full release notes, please visit the
 [Apache Mynewt Wiki](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MYNEWT/Release+Notes).
diff --git a/newt/newtutil/newtutil.go b/newt/newtutil/newtutil.go
index bd6382f..99f6616 100644
--- a/newt/newtutil/newtutil.go
+++ b/newt/newtutil/newtutil.go
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@
 	"mynewt.apache.org/newt/util"
 )
 
-var NewtVersion = Version{1, 5, 9900}
-var NewtVersionStr = "1.6.0-dev"
+var NewtVersion = Version{1, 6, 0}
+var NewtVersionStr = "1.6.0"
 var NewtGitHash = "unknown"
 var NewtDate = "unknown"
 
-var NewtBlinkyTag string = "master"
+var NewtBlinkyTag string = "mynewt_1_6_0_tag"
 var NewtNumJobs int
 var NewtForce bool
 var NewtAsk bool