diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a9a4a68846..3c96c56b90 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## master (unreleased)
 
+## 1.6.0 (2020-05-22)
+
 ### New features
 
 * [#77](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop-performance/issues/77): Add new `Performance/BindCall` cop. ([@koic][])
diff --git a/lib/rubocop/performance/version.rb b/lib/rubocop/performance/version.rb
index d07d623aab..a18eaf866b 100644
--- a/lib/rubocop/performance/version.rb
+++ b/lib/rubocop/performance/version.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 module RuboCop
   module Performance
     module Version
-      STRING = '1.5.2'
+      STRING = '1.6.0'
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/relnotes/v1.6.0.md b/relnotes/v1.6.0.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8127fd6588
--- /dev/null
+++ b/relnotes/v1.6.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+### New features
+
+* [#77](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop-performance/issues/77): Add new `Performance/BindCall` cop. ([@koic][])
+* [#105](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop-performance/pull/105): Add new `Performance/DeletePrefix` and `Performance/DeleteSuffix` cops. ([@koic][])
+* [#107](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop-performance/pull/107): Support regexp metacharacter `^` for `Performance/StartWith` cop and regexp metacharacter `$` for `Performance/EndWith` cop. ([@koic][])
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+* [#55](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop-performance/issues/55): Fix an incorrect autocorrect for `Performance/RegexpMatch` when using `str.=~(/regexp/)`. ([@koic][])
+* [#108](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop-performance/pull/108): Fix an incorrect autocorrect for `Performance/ReverseEach` when there is a newline between reverse and each. ([@joe-sharp][], [@dischorde][], [@siegfault][])
+
+### Changes
+
+* [#103](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop-performance/pull/103): **(BREAKING)** Drop support for Ruby 2.3. ([@koic][])
+* [#101](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop-performance/issues/101): Mark unsafe for `Performance/Casecmp` cop. ([@koic][])
+
+[@koic]: https://github.com/koic
+[@joe-sharp]: https://github.com/joe-sharp
+[@dischorde]: https://github.com/dischorde
+[@siegfault]: https://github.com/siegfault