diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dca31c7..b1721ba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Argon2Kt is licensed under the MIT license. See the [LICENSE file](https://githu
 Add the dependency to your gradle.build file:
 
 ```groovy
-implementation 'com.lambdapioneer.argon2kt:argon2kt:1.5.0'
+implementation 'com.lambdapioneer.argon2kt:argon2kt:1.6.0'
 ```
 
 Use the `Argon2Kt` class to hash and verify using Argon2:
diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index fc6fc7d..fb711c8 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ android {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation project(":lib")
-    // implementation 'com.lambdapioneer.argon2kt:argon2kt:1.5.0'
+//    implementation project(":lib")
+     implementation 'com.lambdapioneer.argon2kt:argon2kt:1.6.0'
 
     implementation "androidx.appcompat:appcompat:$appcompat_version"
     implementation "androidx.core:core-ktx:$ktx_version"
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index cfd365c..bf708be 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ android.nonFinalResIds=true
 # Maven release configuration
 GROUP=com.lambdapioneer.argon2kt
 POM_ARTIFACT_ID=argon2kt
-VERSION_NAME=1.5.0
+VERSION_NAME=1.6.0
 
 POM_NAME=Argon2kt
 POM_DESCRIPTION=An Android/Kotlin binding for the Argon2 hash