diff --git a/gfal2-util.spec b/gfal2-util.spec
index ab0cdc2..f968ed0 100644
--- a/gfal2-util.spec
+++ b/gfal2-util.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           gfal2-util
-Version:        1.5.3
-Release:        5%{?dist}
+Version:        1.6.0
+Release:        0%{?dist}
 Summary:        GFAL2 utility tools
 License:        GPLv3
 URL:            http://dmc.web.cern.ch/
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 97d3580..65a815f 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (gfal2-util-1.5.3.tar.gz) = a284414ba57253e3570081a9d96a27aa0d46193565d76e4de14c598633ec32d740abaa6829c9fb34e22e9816a4fe469b93355da27ac4e6ff1b8da5f46298357e
+SHA512 (gfal2-util-1.6.0.tar.gz) = 5a48aa54c989f89e6519fd96f9bca33d43f3c94604fb7056076e9902fd18db14b5708222bbb50f4ddd648d0a214b15ad9a52b65bcee3d41686d4e8116e047670