diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [1.6.0](https://github.com/taskforcesh/bullmq/compare/v1.5.0...v1.6.0) (2019-12-12)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add generic type to job data and return value ([87c0531](https://github.com/taskforcesh/bullmq/commit/87c0531efc2716db37f8a0886848cdb786709554))
+
 # [1.5.0](https://github.com/taskforcesh/bullmq/compare/v1.4.3...v1.5.0) (2019-11-22)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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--- a/package.json
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "bullmq",
-  "version": "1.5.0",
+  "version": "1.6.0",
   "description": "Queue for messages and jobs based on Redis",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",