diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 3e6f3c3246..a4f6ddcea2 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "1.5.4"
+    ".": "1.6.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 26eebf590c..66f2499b45 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 
+## [1.6.0](https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-python/compare/v1.5.4...v1.6.0) (2024-09-05)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* readme formatting to trigger release please ([0e45705](https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-python/commit/0e457051f4fa522cbff81c5359f0ff6a8fcdece4))
+
 ## [1.5.4](https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-python/compare/v1.5.3...v1.5.4) (2024-08-02)
 
 
diff --git a/msgraph/_version.py b/msgraph/_version.py
index a9c26f8024..30bf38e186 100644
--- a/msgraph/_version.py
+++ b/msgraph/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # The SDK version
 # x-release-please-start-version
-VERSION: str = '1.5.4'
+VERSION: str = '1.6.0'
 # x-release-please-end
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 949d24ba65..35b77418cd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "flit_core.buildapi"
 name = "msgraph-sdk"
 # The SDK version
 # x-release-please-start-version
-version = "1.5.4"
+version = "1.6.0"
 # x-release-please-end
 authors = [{name = "Microsoft", email = "graphtooling+python@microsoft.com"}]
 description = "The Microsoft Graph Python SDK"