diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0bbf286..3544721 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [1.6.0](https://github.com/MapColonies/overseer/compare/v1.5.0...v1.6.0) (2024-12-25)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **tileMergeTaskManager:** create buffered version of the unified parts ([#36](https://github.com/MapColonies/overseer/issues/36)) ([763d95d](https://github.com/MapColonies/overseer/commit/763d95df56c9b16994629edd287090a1371db996))
+
 ## [1.5.0](https://github.com/MapColonies/overseer/compare/v1.4.2...v1.5.0) (2024-12-15)
 
 
diff --git a/helm/Chart.yaml b/helm/Chart.yaml
index 6851494..fba8ba0 100644
--- a/helm/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: overseer
 description: Helm chart for overseer service
 type: application
-version: 1.5.0
-appVersion: 1.5.0
+version: 1.6.0
+appVersion: 1.6.0
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e4d47fb..db79335 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "overseer",
-  "version": "1.5.0",
+  "version": "1.6.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "overseer",
-      "version": "1.5.0",
+      "version": "1.6.0",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0790c7a..0a6d6eb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "overseer",
-  "version": "1.5.0",
+  "version": "1.6.0",
   "description": "A geospatial data management worker service that handles initialization, merge, and finalization of geospatial jobs & tasks.",
   "main": "./src/index.ts",
   "scripts": {