diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 209984a..3d80a3c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+# Version 1.6.0
+_2026-06-21_
+
+Nmcp 1.6.0 stop publishing the following checksums:
+
+* signature checksums (`.asc.md5`, `.asc.sha1`, `.asc.sha256`, `.asc.sha512`)
+* all non-required checksums (`.sha256`, `.sha512`)
+* all `maven-metadata` checksums (for local publishing, `maven-metadata.xml` is never sent to Central Portal)
+
+You can send the checksums by setting `publishAllChecksums`
+```
+nmcpAggregation {
+  publishAllChecksums.set(true)
+}
+```
+
 # Version 1.5.0
 _2026-04-30_
 
diff --git a/docs/src/content/docs/manual-configuration.mdx b/docs/src/content/docs/manual-configuration.mdx
index a4620c4..6543c99 100644
--- a/docs/src/content/docs/manual-configuration.mdx
+++ b/docs/src/content/docs/manual-configuration.mdx
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ In the project where you want to upload the deployment (typically your root proj
 ```kotlin
 // build.gradle.kts
 plugins {
-  id("com.gradleup.nmcp.aggregation").version("1.5.0")
+  id("com.gradleup.nmcp.aggregation").version("1.6.0")
 }
 
 nmcpAggregation {
diff --git a/librarian.root.properties b/librarian.root.properties
index 91f95ef..7f4c49b 100644
--- a/librarian.root.properties
+++ b/librarian.root.properties
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ kdoc.artifactId=kdoc
 kdoc.allProjects=true
 
 pom.groupId=com.gradleup.nmcp
-pom.version=1.6.0-SNAPSHOT
+pom.version=1.6.1-SNAPSHOT
 pom.description=New Maven Central Publishing
 pom.vcsUrl=https://github.com/gradleup/nmcp
 pom.developer=nmcp authors
diff --git a/nmcp/testProjects/duplicate-name/build.gradle.kts b/nmcp/testProjects/duplicate-name/build.gradle.kts
index b665724..627c5fe 100644
--- a/nmcp/testProjects/duplicate-name/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/nmcp/testProjects/duplicate-name/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
   id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm").version("2.3.0").apply(false)
-  id("com.gradleup.nmcp.aggregation").version("1.6.0-SNAPSHOT")
+  id("com.gradleup.nmcp.aggregation").version("1.6.1-SNAPSHOT")
 }
 
 group = "com.example"
diff --git a/nmcp/testProjects/empty-aggregation/build.gradle.kts b/nmcp/testProjects/empty-aggregation/build.gradle.kts
index 5386c6c..8fe60b3 100644
--- a/nmcp/testProjects/empty-aggregation/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/nmcp/testProjects/empty-aggregation/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 plugins {
-  id("com.gradleup.nmcp.aggregation").version("1.6.0-SNAPSHOT")
+  id("com.gradleup.nmcp.aggregation").version("1.6.1-SNAPSHOT")
 }