diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fa8fb00..e449114 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # `cargo-aur` Changelog
 
-## Unreleased
+## 1.6.0 (2023-10-02)
 
 #### Changed
 
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   but you will be warned. This fixes a conflict with other `cargo` subcommands.
 - The PKGBUILD and tarball are now output to `target/cargo-aur` to avoid
   cluttering the top-level of the repo.
+- Reduced binary size.
 
 #### Fixed
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cb4eeeb..bf47a50 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "cargo-aur"
-version = "1.5.0"
+version = "1.6.0"
 authors = ["Colin Woodbury <colin@fosskers.ca>"]
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Prepare Rust projects to be released on the Arch Linux User Repository."
@@ -21,3 +21,6 @@ toml = "0.8"
 [profile.release]
 lto = true
 strip = true
+opt-level = "z"
+codegen-units = 1
+panic = "abort"