diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 1d1e72d56..7204fa71e 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.sap.ai.sdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>sdk-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>core</artifactId>
   <name>AI Core client</name>
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release_notes.md b/docs/release-notes/release_notes.md
index 3fe0118c1..30c6ae851 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/release_notes.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/release_notes.md
@@ -12,11 +12,7 @@
 
 ### ✨ New Functionality
 
-- [Orchestration] [Add Spring AI Chat Memory support](https://sap.github.io/ai-sdk/docs/java/guides/spring-ai-integration#chat-memory)
-- [Orchestration] [Prompt templates can be consumed from registry.](https://sap.github.io/ai-sdk/docs/java/guides/orchestration-chat-completion#chat-completion-with-templates)
-- [Orchestration] [Masking is now available on grounding.](https://sap.github.io/ai-sdk/docs/java/guides/orchestration-chat-completion#mask-grounding)
-- [Orchestration] [Grounding via *help.sap.com* is enabled.](https://sap.github.io/ai-sdk/docs/java/guides/orchestration-chat-completion#grounding)
-- [OpenAI] [Spring AI integration for embedding calls.](https://sap.github.io/ai-sdk/docs/java/guides/spring-ai-integration#embedding)
+-
 
 ### 📈 Improvements
 
diff --git a/document-grounding/pom.xml b/document-grounding/pom.xml
index baabae931..70278eefe 100644
--- a/document-grounding/pom.xml
+++ b/document-grounding/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.sap.ai.sdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>sdk-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>document-grounding</artifactId>
   <name>Document Grounding Client</name>
diff --git a/foundation-models/openai/pom.xml b/foundation-models/openai/pom.xml
index 92c162c93..1edb7ca9e 100644
--- a/foundation-models/openai/pom.xml
+++ b/foundation-models/openai/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.sap.ai.sdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>sdk-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.sap.ai.sdk.foundationmodels</groupId>
diff --git a/orchestration/pom.xml b/orchestration/pom.xml
index 60b5af91d..9c82df870 100644
--- a/orchestration/pom.xml
+++ b/orchestration/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.sap.ai.sdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>sdk-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>orchestration</artifactId>
   <name>Orchestration client</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2316b0f33..e0b24aaaa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.sap.ai.sdk</groupId>
   <artifactId>sdk-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Parent pom</name>
   <description>SAP Cloud SDK for AI is the official Software Development Kit (SDK) for SAP AI Core, SAP Generative AI Hub, and Orchestration Service. The parent pom defines dependency versions and plugin configurations</description>
diff --git a/prompt-registry/pom.xml b/prompt-registry/pom.xml
index 3b3e8bbf2..ba0e951b0 100644
--- a/prompt-registry/pom.xml
+++ b/prompt-registry/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.sap.ai.sdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>sdk-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>prompt-registry</artifactId>
   <name>Prompt Registry client</name>
diff --git a/sample-code/spring-app/pom.xml b/sample-code/spring-app/pom.xml
index a4bdb5d6d..92e0109cd 100644
--- a/sample-code/spring-app/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-code/spring-app/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.sap.ai.sdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>sdk-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.sap.ai.sdk.app</groupId>