diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index a37c8c3..67deb67 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# hydroscoper 1.6.0 (Release date: 2024-01-15)
+
+* Update dependencies
+
 # hydroscoper 1.5.0 (Release date: 2022-09-29)
 
 * remove defunct functions
diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd
index 3c7ce37..70dc1ff 100644
--- a/README.Rmd
+++ b/README.Rmd
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ chk_online   <- online("kyy.hydroscope.gr")
 [![codecov](https://codecov.io/github/ropensci/hydroscoper/branch/master/graphs/badge.svg)](https://app.codecov.io/gh/ropensci/hydroscoper) 
 [![minimal R version](https://img.shields.io/badge/R%3E%3D-3.4-6666ff.svg)](https://cran.r-project.org/)
 [![CRAN_Status_Badge](http://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/hydroscoper)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=hydroscoper)
-[![packageversion](https://img.shields.io/badge/Package%20version-1.5.0-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/ropensci/hydroscoper)
+[![packageversion](https://img.shields.io/badge/Package%20version-1.6.0-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/ropensci/hydroscoper)
 [![](https://cranlogs.r-pkg.org/badges/grand-total/hydroscoper)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=hydroscoper)
 [![ropensci](https://badges.ropensci.org/185_status.svg)](https://github.com/ropensci/software-review/issues/185)
 [![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.1196540.svg)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1196540)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 746abb0..ee1b433 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ hydroscoper
 [![minimal R
 version](https://img.shields.io/badge/R%3E%3D-3.4-6666ff.svg)](https://cran.r-project.org/)
 [![CRAN_Status_Badge](http://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/hydroscoper)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=hydroscoper)
-[![packageversion](https://img.shields.io/badge/Package%20version-1.5.0-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/ropensci/hydroscoper)
+[![packageversion](https://img.shields.io/badge/Package%20version-1.6.0-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/ropensci/hydroscoper)
 [![](https://cranlogs.r-pkg.org/badges/grand-total/hydroscoper)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=hydroscoper)
 [![ropensci](https://badges.ropensci.org/185_status.svg)](https://github.com/ropensci/software-review/issues/185)
 [![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.1196540.svg)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1196540)
diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html
index 228400d..b016cdd 100644
--- a/docs/index.html
+++ b/docs/index.html
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 <div class="page-header"><h1 id="hydroscoper">hydroscoper<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#hydroscoper"></a>
 </h1></div>
 <!-- README.md is generated from README.Rmd. Please edit that file -->
-<p><a href="https://github.com/ropensci/hydroscoper/actions" class="external-link"><img src="https://github.com/ropensci/hydroscoper/workflows/tic/badge.svg?branch=master" alt="tic"></a> <a href="https://app.codecov.io/gh/ropensci/hydroscoper" class="external-link"><img src="https://codecov.io/github/ropensci/hydroscoper/branch/master/graphs/badge.svg" alt="codecov"></a> <a href="https://cran.r-project.org/" class="external-link"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/R%3E%3D-3.4-6666ff.svg" alt="minimal R version"></a> <a href="https://cran.r-project.org/package=hydroscoper" class="external-link"><img src="http://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/hydroscoper" alt="CRAN_Status_Badge"></a> <a href="https://github.com/ropensci/hydroscoper" class="external-link"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Package%20version-1.5.0-orange.svg?style=flat-square" alt="packageversion"></a> <a href="https://cran.r-project.org/package=hydroscoper" class="external-link"><img src="https://cranlogs.r-pkg.org/badges/grand-total/hydroscoper"></a> <a href="https://github.com/ropensci/software-review/issues/185" class="external-link"><img src="https://badges.ropensci.org/185_status.svg" alt="ropensci"></a> <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1196540" class="external-link"><img src="https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.1196540.svg" alt="DOI"></a> <a href="https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.00625" class="external-link"><img src="http://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.00625/status.svg" alt="DOI"></a></p>
+<p><a href="https://github.com/ropensci/hydroscoper/actions" class="external-link"><img src="https://github.com/ropensci/hydroscoper/workflows/tic/badge.svg?branch=master" alt="tic"></a> <a href="https://app.codecov.io/gh/ropensci/hydroscoper" class="external-link"><img src="https://codecov.io/github/ropensci/hydroscoper/branch/master/graphs/badge.svg" alt="codecov"></a> <a href="https://cran.r-project.org/" class="external-link"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/R%3E%3D-3.4-6666ff.svg" alt="minimal R version"></a> <a href="https://cran.r-project.org/package=hydroscoper" class="external-link"><img src="http://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/hydroscoper" alt="CRAN_Status_Badge"></a> <a href="https://github.com/ropensci/hydroscoper" class="external-link"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Package%20version-1.6.0-orange.svg?style=flat-square" alt="packageversion"></a> <a href="https://cran.r-project.org/package=hydroscoper" class="external-link"><img src="https://cranlogs.r-pkg.org/badges/grand-total/hydroscoper"></a> <a href="https://github.com/ropensci/software-review/issues/185" class="external-link"><img src="https://badges.ropensci.org/185_status.svg" alt="ropensci"></a> <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1196540" class="external-link"><img src="https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.1196540.svg" alt="DOI"></a> <a href="https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.00625" class="external-link"><img src="http://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.00625/status.svg" alt="DOI"></a></p>
 <p><img src="https://github.com/ropensci/hydroscoper/raw/master/man/figures/hydroscoper_hex.png" align="right" width="120/"></p>
 <p><code>hydroscoper</code> is an R interface to the Greek National Data Bank for Hydrological and Meteorological Information, <em>Hydroscope</em>. For more details checkout the package’s <a href="https://docs.ropensci.org/hydroscoper/" class="external-link">website</a> and the vignettes:</p>
 <ul>
diff --git a/docs/pkgdown.yml b/docs/pkgdown.yml
index 9ddd181..a185b5c 100644
--- a/docs/pkgdown.yml
+++ b/docs/pkgdown.yml
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ pkgdown_sha: ~
 articles:
   intro_hydroscoper: intro_hydroscoper.html
   stations_with_data: stations_with_data.html
-last_built: 2024-01-15T09:54Z
+last_built: 2024-01-15T11:00Z