diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index cabe787..a72b57c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 Stanford Jumpstart Home
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+7.x-1.6                                                   2017-01-20
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+ - Added news extras blocks to homepage layouts
+
 7.x-1.5+5-dev                                             2016-12-02
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
  - Removed setting a default homepage for JSE department sites
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fbf7058..25509d0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #[Stanford Jumpstart Homepage](https://github.com/SU-SWS/stanford_jumpstart_home)
-##### Version: 7.x-1.5-dev
+##### Version: 7.x-1.6 
 
 Maintainers: [boznik](https://github.com/boznik),[sherakama](https://github.com/sherakama),[cjwest](https://github.com/cjwest)
 
diff --git a/modules/stanford_jumpstart_home_dept/README.md b/modules/stanford_jumpstart_home_dept/README.md
index fc604fb..883a7f1 100644
--- a/modules/stanford_jumpstart_home_dept/README.md
+++ b/modules/stanford_jumpstart_home_dept/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #[Stanford Jumpstart Homepage for Department Sites](https://github.com/SU-SWS/stanford_jumpstart_home)
-##### Version: 7.x-1.5-dev
+##### Version: 7.x-1.6 
 
 Maintainers: [cjwest](https://github.com/cjwest), [sherakama](https://github.com/sherakama), [boznik](https://github.com/boznik)
 [Changelog.txt](CHANGELOG.txt)
diff --git a/modules/stanford_jumpstart_home_dept/stanford_jumpstart_home_dept.info b/modules/stanford_jumpstart_home_dept/stanford_jumpstart_home_dept.info
index db33d21..6bb5843 100644
--- a/modules/stanford_jumpstart_home_dept/stanford_jumpstart_home_dept.info
+++ b/modules/stanford_jumpstart_home_dept/stanford_jumpstart_home_dept.info
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name = Stanford Jumpstart Homepage for Department Sites
 description = Provides functionality for supporting department homepages.
 core = 7.x
 package = Stanford Sites Jumpstart Engineering
-version = 7.x-1.5-dev
+version = 7.x-1.6
 project = stanford_jumpstart_home_dept
 ;stylesheets[all][] = css/stanford_jumpstart_home_dept.css
 dependencies[] = stanford_jumpstart_home
diff --git a/stanford_jumpstart_home.info b/stanford_jumpstart_home.info
index 419f25b..2ef4de8 100644
--- a/stanford_jumpstart_home.info
+++ b/stanford_jumpstart_home.info
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name = Stanford Jumpstart Homepage
 description = Provides several layout options for the home page on Jumpstart sites.
 core = 7.x
 package = Stanford Sites Jumpstart Engineering
-version = 7.x-1.5-dev
+version = 7.x-1.6
 project = stanford_jumpstart_home
 project status url = https://github.com/SU-SOE/stanford_jumpstart_home