Release 1.6.0a1 (#6273)
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6c652da..0d601ee 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@
[1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-api-core/#history
+## 1.6.0a1
+
+10-18-2018 16:26 PDT
+
+### New Features
+- Add methods to api_core used by new autogenerator. ([#6267](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/pull/6267))
+
+### Internal / Testing Changes
+- Fix branch coverage for un-called callbacks. ([#6242](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/pull/6242))
+- Fix import order, appeasing lint. ([#6240](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/pull/6240))
+- Add / fix badges for PyPI / versions. ([#6158](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/pull/6158))
+
## 1.5.0
### New Features
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index be0a35e..82668b3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
name = 'google-api-core'
description = 'Google API client core library'
-version = '1.5.0'
+version = '1.6.0a1'
# Should be one of:
# 'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha'
# 'Development Status :: 4 - Beta'