diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 3ebdd00d..b014bf00 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -12,6 +12,17 @@ $ towncrier create <PR-number>.<break|feat|fix>.md --content "Short description"
 
 <!-- towncrier release notes start -->
 
+## cylc-uiserver-1.6.0 (Released 2025-01-08)
+
+[Updated cylc-ui to 2.7.0](https://github.com/cylc/cylc-ui/blob/master/CHANGES.md)
+
+### 🔧 Fixes
+
+[#619](https://github.com/cylc/cylc-uiserver/pull/619) - Ensure that subprocesses created by Cylc UI Server are cleaned up correctly when the server shuts down.
+
+[#645](https://github.com/cylc/cylc-uiserver/pull/645) - Add a default timeout for the `cylc cat-log` command which is used to provide access to log files in the cylc-ui.
+  This timeout can be adjusted with the `log_timeout` option.
+
 ## cylc-uiserver-1.5.1 (Released 2024-10-15)
 
 [Updated cylc-ui to 2.6.0](https://github.com/cylc/cylc-ui/blob/master/CHANGES.md)
diff --git a/changes.d/+aba1f251.ui-version.md b/changes.d/+aba1f251.ui-version.md
deleted file mode 100644
index d786b325..00000000
--- a/changes.d/+aba1f251.ui-version.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Updated cylc-ui to 2.7.0
diff --git a/changes.d/619.fix.md b/changes.d/619.fix.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b67746c..00000000
--- a/changes.d/619.fix.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Ensure that subprocesses created by Cylc UI Server are cleaned up correctly when the server shuts down.
diff --git a/changes.d/645.fix.md b/changes.d/645.fix.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a9da840..00000000
--- a/changes.d/645.fix.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Add a default timeout for the `cylc cat-log` command which is used to provide access to log files in the cylc-ui.
-This timeout can be adjusted with the `log_timeout` option.
diff --git a/cylc/uiserver/__init__.py b/cylc/uiserver/__init__.py
index 3e32c294..ff093980 100644
--- a/cylc/uiserver/__init__.py
+++ b/cylc/uiserver/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-__version__ = "1.6.0.dev"
+__version__ = "1.6.0"
 
 import os
 from typing import Dict