diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..993db6f742
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## [1.6.0](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/compare/1.5.0...v1.6.0) (2019-10-24)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add Experimental DirectPath support ([#8](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/issues/8)) ([2dd5105](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/commit/2dd5105559f6f61f9780b11e44bccbd2c08d68ae))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update gax.version to v1.49.1 ([a138a0f](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/commit/a138a0f8f42ede72d5cd30536cef4e78e5de5843))
+* upgrade threeten to 1.4 ([#33](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/issues/33)) ([554170b](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/commit/554170b929ec63155d0e840039e75b323dad1709))
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a3b70c9e7c..024b44f11d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,16 +18,16 @@ If you are using Maven, add this to your pom.xml file
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable</artifactId>
-  <version>1.5.0</version>
+  <version>1.6.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 If you are using Gradle, add this to your dependencies
 ```Groovy
-compile 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigtable:1.5.0'
+compile 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigtable:1.6.0'
 ```
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-bigtable" % "1.5.0"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-bigtable" % "1.6.0"
 ```
 [//]: # ({x-version-update-end})
 
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator/pom.xml
index c0b2e579f6..00ba8c98be 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-emulator</artifactId>
-  <version>0.114.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
+  <version>0.115.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Java - Bigtable Emulator</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable</url>
   <description>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>1.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:googleapis/java-bigtable.git</connection>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml
index 46d4476921..8d3ae2850a 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable</artifactId>
-  <version>1.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+  <version>1.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Bigtable</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-java/tree/master/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-bigtable</url>
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>1.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-bigtable</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
index 33c7b196b6..8076d16f6f 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>0.81.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
+  <version>0.82.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>1.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
index 4749e4e7c1..4de12ea8d2 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>0.81.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
+  <version>0.82.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>1.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7c0e253449..a35bf6d68c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>1.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>1.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
     <name>Google Cloud Bigtable Parent</name>
     <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable</url>
     <description>
@@ -194,27 +194,27 @@
             <dependency>
               <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
               <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-emulator</artifactId>
-              <version>0.114.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
+              <version>0.115.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
               <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
               <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</artifactId>
-              <version>0.81.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
+              <version>0.82.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
               <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
               <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</artifactId>
-              <version>0.81.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
+              <version>0.82.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
               <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
               <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</artifactId>
-              <version>0.81.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
+              <version>0.82.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
               <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
               <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</artifactId>
-              <version>0.81.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
+              <version>0.82.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
             </dependency>
 
             <!-- Production dependency version definitions in alphabetical order -->
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
index 9a36a02c5d..be1244d80f 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>0.81.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
+  <version>0.82.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>1.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
index 6bd1796a7d..f86dd1be57 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>0.81.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
+  <version>0.82.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>1.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index b00a99f79f..91d60a313b 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-bigtable:1.5.0:1.5.1-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:0.81.0:0.81.1-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:0.81.0:0.81.1-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:0.81.0:0.81.1-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:0.81.0:0.81.1-SNAPSHOT
-google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:0.114.0:0.114.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-bigtable:1.6.0:1.6.0
+grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:0.82.0:0.82.0
+grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:0.82.0:0.82.0
+proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:0.82.0:0.82.0
+proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:0.82.0:0.82.0
+google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:0.115.0:0.115.0