diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a1095c29..91668305 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.rarchives.ripme</groupId>
   <artifactId>ripme</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.5.15</version>
+  <version>1.6.0</version>
   <name>ripme</name>
   <url>http://rip.rarchives.com</url>
   <properties>
diff --git a/ripme.json b/ripme.json
index 5641f293..36a55f96 100644
--- a/ripme.json
+++ b/ripme.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
     "latestVersion": "1.5.15",
     "changeList": [
+        "1.6.0: Updated to java 8; Some code cleanup",
         "1.5.15: Added Hbrowse.com ripper; 8muses ripper now can rip from all album types",
         "1.5.14: Myhentaicomics ripper no longer tries to download ads; Added hentai.cafe ripper; Fixed sankakucomplex ripper",
         "1.5.13: InstagramRipper: fixed minor bug",
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/UpdateUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/UpdateUtils.java
index d80067b5..90900495 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/UpdateUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/UpdateUtils.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import com.rarchives.ripme.utils.Utils;
 public class UpdateUtils {
 
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(UpdateUtils.class);
-    private static final String DEFAULT_VERSION = "1.5.15";
+    private static final String DEFAULT_VERSION = "1.6.0";
     private static final String REPO_NAME = "ripmeapp/ripme";
     private static final String updateJsonURL = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/" + REPO_NAME + "/master/ripme.json";
     private static final String mainFileName = "ripme.jar";