diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 16249b595e938c1cd5c0ba0c654fb99634b65d7d..2202414fbf9276bc9584413639af5f4ee7e81184 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+1.1.6 new year release
+features:
+* updated snowflake, tor, openvpn
+* updated UI
+* circumvention improvements
+* updated translations
+* support for the Message of the Day: providers can inform users about important events
+
+bugfixes:
+* fixed app crashes
+* fixed memory leaks
+* fixed empty gateway selection screen
+* fixed manual provider addition
+
 1.1.6RC2 Beta
 bugfixes:
 * fixed memory leaks: less memory consumption
diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 92120f880e1cf008330cb189ee363937af8131f0..214ee20549b24129c5433dde1a69a9bb4109e229 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ android {
     // the factor 1000 is used so that gplay users can upgrade from split apks ((current version number - 1) * 1000) + n
     // to extracted bundle apks, supplied by google
     // however we don't calculate the versionCode here, because F-Droid doesn't like that
-    versionCode 166000
-    versionName "1.1.6RC2"
+    versionCode 167000
+    versionName "1.1.6"
     minSdkVersion 21
     targetSdkVersion 31
     vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true