diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c325f10..0b0d5e8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+1.6.0 (April 10, 2014)
+----------------------
+
+* Move generation callback from `before_save` to `before_validation` to
+  allow validations to utilize the sequential id (makebytes)
+
 1.5.0 (December 26, 2013)
 -------------------------
 
diff --git a/lib/sequenced/version.rb b/lib/sequenced/version.rb
index b28f25d..9acb0bc 100644
--- a/lib/sequenced/version.rb
+++ b/lib/sequenced/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Sequenced
-  VERSION = "1.5.0"
+  VERSION = "1.6.0"
 end