diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d65920b..7e473f4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+* fuse-overlayfs-1.6
+
+- fix an invalid access when filtering internal xattrs that could
+  deal to a segfault.
+
 * fuse-overlayfs-1.5
 
 - honor FUSE_OVERLAYFS_DISABLE_OVL_WHITEOUT also for renames
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 04c2e7e..3e63c97 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([fuse-overlayfs], [1.6-dev], [giuseppe@scrivano.org])
+AC_INIT([fuse-overlayfs], [1.6], [giuseppe@scrivano.org])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([main.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])