diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8c3c4125..646b0da7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+<a name="v1.60.0"></a>
+### v1.60.0 (2021-10-01)
+
+#### Features
+
+* allow SSL verification to be disabled in the HAL client by setting the environment variable PACT_DISABLE_SSL_VERIFICATION=true	 ([ce07d32](/../../commit/ce07d32))
+
 <a name="v1.59.0"></a>
 ### v1.59.0 (2021-09-07)
 
diff --git a/lib/pact/version.rb b/lib/pact/version.rb
index e3db262b..adccff7a 100644
--- a/lib/pact/version.rb
+++ b/lib/pact/version.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Remember to bump pact-provider-proxy when this changes major version
 module Pact
-  VERSION = "1.59.0"
+  VERSION = "1.60.0"
 end