diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 53463f9c5b1d2569a0bb174ccbf35c66c5bd782a..0e26907308ba9a8bb99de56e7b68c98e65ee408e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ### VERSION INFO
 set(OpenPose_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
-set(OpenPose_VERSION_MINOR 5)
-set(OpenPose_VERSION_PATCH 1)
+set(OpenPose_VERSION_MINOR 6)
+set(OpenPose_VERSION_PATCH 0)
 set(OpenPose_VERSION ${OpenPose_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OpenPose_VERSION_MINOR}.${OpenPose_VERSION_PATCH})
 
 
diff --git a/doc/release_notes.md b/doc/release_notes.md
index a692d188867fe60aa0a24b2547067d870c685215..fcac086a2992b231fdf55fdcf597a8b6c79003c4 100644
--- a/doc/release_notes.md
+++ b/doc/release_notes.md
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ OpenPose Library - Release Notes
 
 
 
-## Current version - Future OpenPose 1.6.0
+## OpenPose 1.6.0 (Apr 26, 2020)
 1. Main improvements:
     1. Multi-camera (3D) working on Asynchronous mode.
         1. Functions `WrapperT::waitAndEmplace()` and `WrapperT::tryEmplace()` improved, allowing multi-camera/3-D (`TDatums` of size > 1).
@@ -411,6 +411,13 @@ OpenPose Library - Release Notes
         1. All or some skeletons were not properly displayed or completely missing on images with many people (e.g., videos with about 32 people).
         2. All or some skeletons were not properly displayed or completely missing on images where the multiplication of people and image resolution was too big (e.g., videos with about 32 people on 4k resolution).
         3. Flag `output_resolution` was not working with GPU resize, redirected to CPU in those cases.
+
+
+
+## Current version - Future OpenPose 1.6.1
+1. Main improvements:
+2. Functions or parameters renamed:
+3. Main bugs fixed:
 4. Changes/additions that affect the compatibility with the OpenPose Unity Plugin:
 
 
diff --git a/examples/tutorial_api_python/01_body_from_image.py b/examples/tutorial_api_python/01_body_from_image.py
index 337aa2751c27a86c71be42851c835958da5556e9..b7a320672ea469cce0486ff6e7bbc79256a35434 100644
--- a/examples/tutorial_api_python/01_body_from_image.py
+++ b/examples/tutorial_api_python/01_body_from_image.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ try:
 
     # Display Image
     print("Body keypoints: \n" + str(datum.poseKeypoints))
-    cv2.imshow("OpenPose 1.5.1 - Tutorial Python API", datum.cvOutputData)
+    cv2.imshow("OpenPose 1.6.0 - Tutorial Python API", datum.cvOutputData)
     cv2.waitKey(0)
 except Exception as e:
     print(e)
diff --git a/examples/tutorial_api_python/02_whole_body_from_image.py b/examples/tutorial_api_python/02_whole_body_from_image.py
index d1e70b5dfedf2d1b8024deb0bc663250b975ff2e..777667136d83870d5583424e75f5470617e78576 100644
--- a/examples/tutorial_api_python/02_whole_body_from_image.py
+++ b/examples/tutorial_api_python/02_whole_body_from_image.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ try:
     print("Face keypoints: \n" + str(datum.faceKeypoints))
     print("Left hand keypoints: \n" + str(datum.handKeypoints[0]))
     print("Right hand keypoints: \n" + str(datum.handKeypoints[1]))
-    cv2.imshow("OpenPose 1.5.1 - Tutorial Python API", datum.cvOutputData)
+    cv2.imshow("OpenPose 1.6.0 - Tutorial Python API", datum.cvOutputData)
     cv2.waitKey(0)
 except Exception as e:
     print(e)
diff --git a/examples/tutorial_api_python/04_keypoints_from_images.py b/examples/tutorial_api_python/04_keypoints_from_images.py
index f37a0a03d0216ae8f83dfcbc19dfb60898c26807..f9f9dfc591fea1ee9d3ecce15601299446c9374e 100644
--- a/examples/tutorial_api_python/04_keypoints_from_images.py
+++ b/examples/tutorial_api_python/04_keypoints_from_images.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ try:
         print("Body keypoints: \n" + str(datum.poseKeypoints))
 
         if not args[0].no_display:
-            cv2.imshow("OpenPose 1.5.1 - Tutorial Python API", datum.cvOutputData)
+            cv2.imshow("OpenPose 1.6.0 - Tutorial Python API", datum.cvOutputData)
             key = cv2.waitKey(15)
             if key == 27: break
 
diff --git a/examples/tutorial_api_python/05_keypoints_from_images_multi_gpu.py b/examples/tutorial_api_python/05_keypoints_from_images_multi_gpu.py
index 59f0b44b449a8179b5bdf92f3ecb62c29ee48916..a99995eb326fbf7b9e2e3f189648a3e2cdc864f8 100644
--- a/examples/tutorial_api_python/05_keypoints_from_images_multi_gpu.py
+++ b/examples/tutorial_api_python/05_keypoints_from_images_multi_gpu.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ try:
                 print("Body keypoints: \n" + str(datum.poseKeypoints))
 
                 if not args[0].no_display:
-                    cv2.imshow("OpenPose 1.5.1 - Tutorial Python API", datum.cvOutputData)
+                    cv2.imshow("OpenPose 1.6.0 - Tutorial Python API", datum.cvOutputData)
                     key = cv2.waitKey(15)
                     if key == 27: break
 
diff --git a/examples/tutorial_api_python/06_face_from_image.py b/examples/tutorial_api_python/06_face_from_image.py
index c1f572bdefccb4696da1bf9ae547c700d2a94311..40387e49473bb7634dadd095f4aa1379fda270a8 100644
--- a/examples/tutorial_api_python/06_face_from_image.py
+++ b/examples/tutorial_api_python/06_face_from_image.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ try:
     # Process and display image
     opWrapper.emplaceAndPop([datum])
     print("Face keypoints: \n" + str(datum.faceKeypoints))
-    cv2.imshow("OpenPose 1.5.1 - Tutorial Python API", datum.cvOutputData)
+    cv2.imshow("OpenPose 1.6.0 - Tutorial Python API", datum.cvOutputData)
     cv2.waitKey(0)
 except Exception as e:
     print(e)
diff --git a/examples/tutorial_api_python/07_hand_from_image.py b/examples/tutorial_api_python/07_hand_from_image.py
index fab69535811927220414e31ce84378900d6c69da..5227bf5c3025df4bedda4ce1f6b1a4e2c419ceb9 100644
--- a/examples/tutorial_api_python/07_hand_from_image.py
+++ b/examples/tutorial_api_python/07_hand_from_image.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ try:
     opWrapper.emplaceAndPop([datum])
     print("Left hand keypoints: \n" + str(datum.handKeypoints[0]))
     print("Right hand keypoints: \n" + str(datum.handKeypoints[1]))
-    cv2.imshow("OpenPose 1.5.1 - Tutorial Python API", datum.cvOutputData)
+    cv2.imshow("OpenPose 1.6.0 - Tutorial Python API", datum.cvOutputData)
     cv2.waitKey(0)
 except Exception as e:
     print(e)
diff --git a/examples/tutorial_api_python/08_heatmaps_from_image.py b/examples/tutorial_api_python/08_heatmaps_from_image.py
index 66ed3d39246238c9d1a28b00b78c8b8a181038c4..9f0ced118686a1cea94b24323d591c713cf19541 100644
--- a/examples/tutorial_api_python/08_heatmaps_from_image.py
+++ b/examples/tutorial_api_python/08_heatmaps_from_image.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ try:
         heatmap = heatmaps[counter, :, :].copy()
         heatmap = cv2.applyColorMap(heatmap, cv2.COLORMAP_JET)
         combined = cv2.addWeighted(outputImageF, 0.5, heatmap, 0.5, 0)
-        cv2.imshow("OpenPose 1.5.1 - Tutorial Python API", combined)
+        cv2.imshow("OpenPose 1.6.0 - Tutorial Python API", combined)
         key = cv2.waitKey(-1)
         if key == 27:
             break
diff --git a/examples/tutorial_api_python/09_keypoints_from_heatmaps.py b/examples/tutorial_api_python/09_keypoints_from_heatmaps.py
index d9faa68cc7b11e58827bc13009b960b935c14e4f..35fdbd54ba2b51c77c6b8c81f6b3555c55ee8885 100644
--- a/examples/tutorial_api_python/09_keypoints_from_heatmaps.py
+++ b/examples/tutorial_api_python/09_keypoints_from_heatmaps.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ try:
 
     # Display Image
     print("Body keypoints: \n" + str(datum.poseKeypoints))
-    cv2.imshow("OpenPose 1.5.1 - Tutorial Python API", datum.cvOutputData)
+    cv2.imshow("OpenPose 1.6.0 - Tutorial Python API", datum.cvOutputData)
     cv2.waitKey(0)
 except Exception as e:
     print(e)
diff --git a/include/openpose/core/macros.hpp b/include/openpose/core/macros.hpp
index 0938acb77394ba2c5f5ba935121c5b5a340b1f93..c9ce1f546058a2cc9e60e41a7f88519a43dae34c 100644
--- a/include/openpose/core/macros.hpp
+++ b/include/openpose/core/macros.hpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 // OpenPose name and version
 const std::string OPEN_POSE_NAME_STRING = "OpenPose";
-const std::string OPEN_POSE_VERSION_STRING = "1.5.1";
+const std::string OPEN_POSE_VERSION_STRING = "1.6.0";
 const std::string OPEN_POSE_NAME_AND_VERSION = OPEN_POSE_NAME_STRING + " " + OPEN_POSE_VERSION_STRING;
 // #define COMMERCIAL_LICENSE
 
diff --git a/scripts/ubuntu/Makefile.example b/scripts/ubuntu/Makefile.example
index 100770f3d299e9ee0c93bdcfbc8c4381803219b7..dc55fcf958ca4142988451657aa7ca06e2e13a42 100644
--- a/scripts/ubuntu/Makefile.example
+++ b/scripts/ubuntu/Makefile.example
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ LIBRARY_NAME := $(PROJECT)
 LIB_BUILD_DIR := $(BUILD_DIR)/lib
 STATIC_NAME := $(LIB_BUILD_DIR)/lib$(LIBRARY_NAME).a
 DYNAMIC_VERSION_MAJOR 		:= 1
-DYNAMIC_VERSION_MINOR 		:= 5
-DYNAMIC_VERSION_REVISION 	:= 1
+DYNAMIC_VERSION_MINOR 		:= 6
+DYNAMIC_VERSION_REVISION 	:= 0
 DYNAMIC_NAME_SHORT := lib$(LIBRARY_NAME).so
 #DYNAMIC_SONAME_SHORT := $(DYNAMIC_NAME_SHORT).$(DYNAMIC_VERSION_MAJOR)
 DYNAMIC_VERSIONED_NAME_SHORT := $(DYNAMIC_NAME_SHORT).$(DYNAMIC_VERSION_MAJOR).$(DYNAMIC_VERSION_MINOR).$(DYNAMIC_VERSION_REVISION)