diff --git a/_service b/_service
index 701e674..47d9703 100644
--- a/_service
+++ b/_service
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
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 		<param name="url">https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xiang/erofs-utils.git/</param>
 		<param name="scm">git</param>
-		<param name="revision">v1.5</param>
-		<param name="parent-tag">v1.5</param>
-		<param name="versionformat">1.5</param>
+		<param name="revision">v1.6</param>
+		<param name="parent-tag">v1.6</param>
+		<param name="versionformat">1.6</param>
 	</service>
 	<service mode="disabled" name="recompress">
 		<param name="file">*.tar</param>
diff --git a/erofs-utils-1.5.tar.xz b/erofs-utils-1.5.tar.xz
deleted file mode 100644
index 227c009..0000000
--- a/erofs-utils-1.5.tar.xz
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-oid sha256:3bee9d4e6ac29a4231af2687d029330c25e806f736d91834fff98b860601b906
-size 86308
diff --git a/erofs-utils-1.6.tar.xz b/erofs-utils-1.6.tar.xz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5760a28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/erofs-utils-1.6.tar.xz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:8ac08846ba82c0716a25647502840bab2b9516062e2e81568ce2684e78c187eb
+size 102064
diff --git a/erofs-utils.changes b/erofs-utils.changes
index afbe866..7fb5554 100644
--- a/erofs-utils.changes
+++ b/erofs-utils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Apr 17 13:44:38 UTC 2023 - Andrea Manzini <andrea.manzini@suse.com>
+
+- Update to release 1.6
+  * support fragments by using `-Efragments`
+  * support compressed data deduplication by using `-Ededupe`
+  * (erofsfuse) support extended attributes
+  * (mkfs.erofs) support multiple algorithms in a single image
+  * (mkfs.erofs) support chunk-based sparse files
+  * (mkfs.erofs) add volume-label setting support 
+  * (mkfs.erofs) add uid/gid offsetting support 
+  * (mkfs.erofs) pack files entirely by using `-Eall-fragments` 
+  * various bugfixes and cleanups;
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jun 13 12:28:16 UTC 2022 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/erofs-utils.spec b/erofs-utils.spec
index 01bed01..c364b10 100644
--- a/erofs-utils.spec
+++ b/erofs-utils.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package erofs-utils
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           erofs-utils
-Version:        1.5
+Version:        1.6
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Utilities for the Extendable Read-Only Filesystem (EROFS)
 License:        GPL-2.0-or-later