diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bc32b2f3ac0b8ca7188ce220557e41b04f463994..33083188666c9b3f2f3ab26d01b0bb1e5d96094a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ release.
 -->
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+
+# [1.6.0]()
+
 ### Added
 - Hard coded support for `csminit`ed cubes that have serial numbers that differ from `spiceinit`ed cubes.
 - Added support for scale and offset for GeoDataset objects.
diff --git a/code.json b/code.json
index ed9e796b4a83922a8ae43f43013544340d7e52c6..15816df7647a248ef4e69fe0b36f8602e1fac255 100644
--- a/code.json
+++ b/code.json
@@ -86,7 +86,51 @@
       "date": {
         "metadataLastUpdated": "2023-09-19"
       }
-    }, {
+    }, 
+    {
+      "name": "plio",
+      "organization": "U.S. Geological Survey",
+      "description": "A planetary surface data input/output library written in Python.",
+      "version": "v1.6.0",
+      "status": "Development",
+
+      "permissions": {
+        "usageType": "openSource",
+        "licenses": [
+          {
+            "name": "Public Domain, CC0-1.0",
+            "URL": "https://code.usgs.gov/astrogeology/plio/-/raw/v1.6.0/LICENSE.md"
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "homepageURL": "https://plio.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=latest",
+      "downloadURL": "https://code.usgs.gov/astrogeology/plio/-/archive/v1.6.0/plio-v1.6.0.zip",
+      "disclaimerURL": "https://code.usgs.gov/astrogeology/plio/-/raw/v1.6.0/DISCLAIMER.md",
+      "repositoryURL": "https://code.usgs.gov/astrogeology/plio.git",
+      "vcs": "git",
+      "laborHours": 1000,
+  
+      "tags": [
+        "Planetary",
+        "Remote Sensing",
+        "Photogrammetry",
+        "Data Processing"
+      ],
+  
+      "languages": [
+        "python"
+      ],
+  
+      "contact": {
+        "name": "Kelvin Rodriguez",
+        "email": "krodriguez@usgs.gov"
+      },
+  
+      "date": {
+        "metadataLastUpdated": "2023-02-23"
+      }
+    },
+    {
       "name": "plio",
       "organization": "U.S. Geological Survey",
       "description": "A planetary surface data input/output library written in Python.",
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 094118129c3a34a58d228b6076c7f2f05c68b095..440e7bb8b96f1e0070c71c351c8dbe80ab049c2c 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ requirements:
     - python
     - setuptools
     - numpy
-    - pvl >= 1.3.0
+    - pvl>=1.3.0
     - protobuf
     - icu
     - h5py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ requirements:
     - python
     - setuptools
     - numpy
-    - pvl >= 1.3.0
+    - pvl>=1.3.0
     - protobuf
     - icu
     - h5py
@@ -56,4 +56,4 @@ test:
 
 about:
   home: http://github.com/USGS-Astrogeology/plio
-  license: Public Domain
\ No newline at end of file
+  license: Public Domain
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a423c81a1978c6e26f1ab0d81ae91fe7aaa894d5..0c3a4d195a8598322d544250f94badd4b8f17588 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ with open('README.md', 'r') as f:
 def setup_package():
     setup(
         name = "plio",
-        version = '1.5.5',
+        version = '1.6.0',
         author = "USGS Astrogeology",
         author_email = "jlaura@usgs.gov",
         description = ("I/O API to support planetary data formats."),