diff --git a/bigquery/CHANGELOG.md b/bigquery/CHANGELOG.md
index 1b25a9100740..f5f70256c2c2 100644
--- a/bigquery/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/bigquery/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,19 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-bigquery/#history
 
+## 1.6.0
+
+### New Features
+- Add support for `GEOGRAPHY` type ([#6147](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/pull/6147))
+- Add default QueryJobConfig to Client ([#6088](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/pull/6088))
+
+### Documentation
+- Remove unused "append" samples ([#6100](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/pull/6100))
+
+### Internal / Testing Changes
+- Address dataset leaks, conflicts in systests ([#6099](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/pull/6099))
+- Harden bucket teardown against `429 Too Many Requests`. ([#6101](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/pull/6101))
+
 ## 1.5.1
 
 ### Implementation Changes
diff --git a/bigquery/setup.py b/bigquery/setup.py
index 9eaf1f741619..40b4e41df4d0 100644
--- a/bigquery/setup.py
+++ b/bigquery/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 name = 'google-cloud-bigquery'
 description = 'Google BigQuery API client library'
-version = '1.5.1'
+version = '1.6.0'
 # Should be one of:
 # 'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha'
 # 'Development Status :: 4 - Beta'