diff --git a/docs/source/2016-news.rst b/docs/source/2016-news.rst
index 37ae0ce6..28fa5d3b 100644
--- a/docs/source/2016-news.rst
+++ b/docs/source/2016-news.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ Changelog - 2016
 
    Please see :doc:`news` for the latest changes55
 
+19.6.0 / 2016/05/20
+===================
+
+- improvement of the binary upgrade behaviour using USR2: remove file lockin (:issue:`1270`)
+- fix reload under pycharm (:issue:`1129`)
+- fix: make sure to remove the signal from the worker pipe (:issue:`1269`)
+
 19.5.0 / 2016/05/10
 ===================
 
diff --git a/docs/source/news.rst b/docs/source/news.rst
index 3ccd95d0..cc24ba6e 100644
--- a/docs/source/news.rst
+++ b/docs/source/news.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+19.6.0 / 2016/05/20
+===================
+
+- improvement of the binary upgrade behaviour using USR2: remove file lockin (:issue:`1270`)
+- fix reload under pycharm (:issue:`1129`)
+- fix: make sure to remove the signal from the worker pipe (:issue:`1269`)
+
 19.5.0 / 2016/05/10
 ===================
 
diff --git a/gunicorn/__init__.py b/gunicorn/__init__.py
index 4571e340..16770277 100644
--- a/gunicorn/__init__.py
+++ b/gunicorn/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 # This file is part of gunicorn released under the MIT license.
 # See the NOTICE for more information.
 
-version_info = (19, 5, 0)
+version_info = (19, 6, 0)
 __version__ = ".".join([str(v) for v in version_info])
 SERVER_SOFTWARE = "gunicorn/%s" % __version__