diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 12e5b23f..5d3a9c2b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## master / unreleased
 
+## 1.6.0 / 2021-01-05
+
 * [CHANGE] Add default present for ruler limits on all 'user' types. #221, #222
 * [CHANGE] Enabled sharding for the blocks storage compactor. #218
 * [CHANGE] Removed `-blocks-storage.bucket-store.index-cache.postings-compression-enabled` CLI flag because always enabled in Cortex 1.6. #224
diff --git a/cortex/images.libsonnet b/cortex/images.libsonnet
index 64b2f6e3..9714b302 100644
--- a/cortex/images.libsonnet
+++ b/cortex/images.libsonnet
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     memcachedExporter: 'prom/memcached-exporter:v0.6.0',
 
     // Our services.
-    cortex: 'cortexproject/cortex:v1.5.0',
+    cortex: 'cortexproject/cortex:v1.6.0',
 
     alertmanager: self.cortex,
     distributor: self.cortex,