diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9fd1064d4..4d96a836c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 FROM continuumio/miniconda:4.5.4
 
 LABEL maintainer="shaheen2@llnl.gov"
+LABEL version="1.6.0"
 
 # Copy the entire project dir because we'll install from source.
 COPY . .
diff --git a/conda/e3sm_diags_env.yml b/conda/e3sm_diags_env.yml
index af9d52bb2..435914343 100644
--- a/conda/e3sm_diags_env.yml
+++ b/conda/e3sm_diags_env.yml
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ dependencies:
   - numpy=1.15.0
   - numpy-base=1.15.0
   - scipy=1.1.0
-  - e3sm_diags=1.5.0
+  - e3sm_diags=1.6.0
   - pip:
     - msgpack==0.5.6
     - mv2==3.0.0
diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index 8c00f228a..5853ba5d9 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 package:
     name: e3sm_diags
-    version: 1.5.0
+    version: 1.6.0
 
 source:
     git_url: https://github.com/E3SM-Project/e3sm_diags
-    git_rev: v1.5.0
+    git_rev: v1.6.0
 
 build:
     script: python setup.py install