diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 264aec4ae0466c23f71109391ce412f5370f4eb8..22470ef8e9d9b5e90f4ccc8f6729c4b28778ab79 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ plugins {
 	id "org.sonarqube" version "3.2.0"
 }
 
-version = '1.5.2'
+version = '1.6.0-SNAPSHOT'
 
 task buildGUI(type: Exec) {
 	println 'Building using Angular CLI'
diff --git a/build_and_publish.sh b/build_and_publish.sh
index f6509e3d88a79a19887d7479aeea15e103d35881..0498bf89eaf44c545eb12f15c192b99f8ef8b7b4 100644
--- a/build_and_publish.sh
+++ b/build_and_publish.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-TAG=1.5.2
+TAG=1.6.0
 PACKAGE=nmaas-portal
 REPOSITORY=artifactory.geant.net/nmaas-docker-local
 sudo docker build --rm -t $REPOSITORY/$PACKAGE:$TAG -f ./Dockerfile ..