diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index acefecddd..6d106634b 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: renv
 Type: Package
 Title: Project Environments
-Version: 1.0.5.9000
+Version: 1.0.6
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Kevin", "Ushey", role = c("aut", "cre"), email = "kevin@rstudio.com",
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-2880-7407")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index bc58b2c79..b61640649 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-
-# renv (development version)
+# renv 1.0.6
 
 * Fixed an issue where downloads could fail with curl >= 8.7.1. (#1869)