diff --git a/pdd-1.5.tar.gz b/pdd-1.5.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index e94ea8d..0000000
--- a/pdd-1.5.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:d079f387849fce07a000ec81c0ecfbf9db1e1da943e84da57105a599f209e12f
-size 22713
diff --git a/pdd-1.6.tar.gz b/pdd-1.6.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b657948
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pdd-1.6.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:3fd3888b97fdd18de95cec10df0b64cbb55740307042bceff4f547771ed45c99
+size 22099
diff --git a/python-pdd.changes b/python-pdd.changes
index 09fe548..9ca8f52 100644
--- a/python-pdd.changes
+++ b/python-pdd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct  4 22:51:47 UTC 2022 - Yogalakshmi Arunachalam <yarunachalam@suse.com>
+
+- version update to  v1.6
+  * long variants for short program options
+  * completion scripts for Bash, Fish and Zsh
+  * add support for pyhton 3.10 (dropped 3.6) 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue May 18 21:10:24 UTC 2021 - Ferdinand Thiessen <rpm@fthiessen.de>
 
diff --git a/python-pdd.spec b/python-pdd.spec
index 5810778..6c5c924 100644
--- a/python-pdd.spec
+++ b/python-pdd.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-pdd
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 %define skip_python2 1
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 Name:           python-pdd
-Version:        1.5
+Version:        1.6
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Tiny date, time diff calculator with timers
 License:        GPL-3.0-only
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 Requires:       python-python-dateutil
 Requires:       python-setuptools
 Requires(post): update-alternatives
-Requires(postun): update-alternatives
+Requires(postun):update-alternatives
 BuildArch:      noarch
 # SECTION test requirements
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}