diff --git a/datamash/datamash.spec b/datamash/datamash.spec
index 4b2a2782e4..37b8bfab51 100644
--- a/datamash/datamash.spec
+++ b/datamash/datamash.spec
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ Distribution: OpenPKG Community
 Class:        EVAL
 Group:        Algorithm
 License:      GPL
-Version:      1.5
-Release:      20190918
+Version:      1.6
+Release:      20200224
 
 #   list of sources
 Source0:      http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/datamash/datamash-%{version}.tar.gz