diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: prospect
 Title: PROSPECT leaf radiative transfer model and inversion routines
-Version: 1.5.1
+Version: 1.6.0
 Authors@R: c(person(given = "Jean-Baptiste", 
 					    family = "Feret", 
 					    email = "jb.feret@teledetection.fr", 
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
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@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-# prospect v1.5.0
+# prospect v1.6.0
+Released version of the software with the latest changes from the review
+
+# prospect v1.5.1
 version following reviews for publication in JOSS
 
 ## addition
@@ -9,8 +12,6 @@ version following reviews for publication in JOSS
 - updated documentation
 - updated function FitSpectralData
 
-
-
 # prospect v1.5.0
 version following reviews for publication in JOSS