diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 3c3a345cc..9ca3f7d3a 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.6.0rc1
+current_version = 1.6.0
 parse = (?P<major>[\d]+) # major version number
 	\.(?P<minor>[\d]+) # minor version number
 	\.(?P<patch>[\d]+) # patch version number
diff --git a/.changes/1.6.0-a1.md b/.changes/1.6.0-a1.md
deleted file mode 100644
index a748db5a3..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.6.0-a1.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-## dbt-spark 1.6.0-a1 - April 17, 2023
diff --git a/.changes/1.6.0-b1.md b/.changes/1.6.0-b1.md
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index 5c385a7f2..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.6.0-b1.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-## dbt-spark 1.6.0-b1 - May 12, 2023
-
-### Features
-
-- Support insert_overwrite strategy with delta ([#1013](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/1013))
-
-### Fixes
-
-- Fixed issue where table materialization was not always properly refreshing for non-admin users on Databricks ([#725](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/725))
-- Remove dead code 💀 ([#758](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/758))
-
-### Under the Hood
-
-- Remove unneeded type ignore ([#753](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/753))
-
-### Dependencies
-
-- Update black requirement from ~=23.1 to ~=23.3 ([#701](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/701))
-- Bump mypy from 1.1.1 to 1.2.0 ([#708](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/708))
-- Update pytest requirement from ~=7.2 to ~=7.3 ([#726](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/726))
-- Update types-pytz requirement from ~=2023.2 to ~=2023.3 ([#704](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/704))
-- Update pip-tools requirement from ~=6.12 to ~=6.13 ([#737](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/737))
-- Update pytz requirement from ~=2023.2 to ~=2023.3 ([#702](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/702))
-
-### Dependency
-
-- Bump pyodbc from 4.0.34 to 4.0.35 ([#417](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/417))
-
-### Contributors
-- [@Fokko](https://github.com/Fokko) ([#758](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/758), [#753](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/753))
-- [@flvndh](https://github.com/flvndh) ([#1013](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/1013))
diff --git a/.changes/1.6.0-b2.md b/.changes/1.6.0-b2.md
deleted file mode 100644
index ea758062d..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.6.0-b2.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-## dbt-spark 1.6.0-b2 - May 25, 2023
-
-### Features
-
-- All constraint types are supported, but not enforced. ([#656](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/656), [#657](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/657))
diff --git a/.changes/1.6.0-b3.md b/.changes/1.6.0-b3.md
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index 3379fe507..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.6.0-b3.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-## dbt-spark 1.6.0-b3 - June 09, 2023
-
-### Features
-
-- Standardize the _connection_keys and debug_query for `dbt debug`. ([#PR754](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/PR754))
-
-### Fixes
-
-- wrap expression for check constraints in parentheses ([#7480](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/7480))
-
-### Under the Hood
-
-- drop support for python 3.7 ([#792](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/792))
diff --git a/.changes/1.6.0-rc1.md b/.changes/1.6.0-rc1.md
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index 9b3ae71d1..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.6.0-rc1.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-## dbt-spark 1.6.0-rc1 - July 17, 2023
-
-### Features
-
-- add dbt-spark portion of dbt_clone functionality ([#815](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/815))
-
-### Fixes
-
-- allow negative args for spark split part ([#688](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/688))
-- Disallow untyped `def`'s ([#760](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/760))
-- Allow hostname to be provided with or without trailing slash ([#302](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/302))
-- Remove dependent_projects argument from PartialProject call in unit tests ([#7955](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/7955))
-
-### Contributors
-- [@Fokko](https://github.com/Fokko) ([#760](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/760))
-- [@dave-connors-3](https://github.com/dave-connors-3) ([#688](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/688))
-- [@tim-steinkuhler](https://github.com/tim-steinkuhler) ([#302](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/302))
diff --git a/.changes/1.6.0.md b/.changes/1.6.0.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d649420e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.6.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+## dbt-spark 1.6.0 - July 31, 2023
+
+### Features
+
+- Support insert_overwrite strategy with delta ([#1013](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/1013))
+- All constraint types are supported, but not enforced. ([#656](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/656), [#657](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/657))
+- Standardize the _connection_keys and debug_query for `dbt debug`. ([#PR754](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/PR754))
+- add dbt-spark portion of dbt_clone functionality ([#815](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/815))
+
+### Fixes
+
+- allow negative args for spark split part ([#688](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/688))
+- Fixed issue where table materialization was not always properly refreshing for non-admin users on Databricks ([#725](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/725))
+- Remove dead code 💀 ([#758](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/758))
+- Disallow untyped `def`'s ([#760](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/760))
+- wrap expression for check constraints in parentheses ([#7480](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/7480))
+- Allow hostname to be provided with or without trailing slash ([#302](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/302))
+- Remove dependent_projects argument from PartialProject call in unit tests ([#7955](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/7955))
+
+### Under the Hood
+
+- Remove unneeded type ignore ([#753](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/753))
+- drop support for python 3.7 ([#792](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/792))
+
+### Dependencies
+
+- Update black requirement from ~=23.1 to ~=23.3 ([#701](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/701))
+- Bump mypy from 1.1.1 to 1.2.0 ([#708](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/708))
+- Update pytest requirement from ~=7.2 to ~=7.3 ([#726](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/726))
+- Update types-pytz requirement from ~=2023.2 to ~=2023.3 ([#704](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/704))
+- Update pip-tools requirement from ~=6.12 to ~=6.13 ([#737](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/737))
+- Update pytz requirement from ~=2023.2 to ~=2023.3 ([#702](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/702))
+
+### Dependency
+
+- Bump pyodbc from 4.0.34 to 4.0.35 ([#417](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/417))
+
+### Contributors
+- [@Fokko](https://github.com/Fokko) ([#758](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/758), [#760](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/760), [#753](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/753))
+- [@dave-connors-3](https://github.com/dave-connors-3) ([#688](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/688))
+- [@flvndh](https://github.com/flvndh) ([#1013](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/1013))
+- [@tim-steinkuhler](https://github.com/tim-steinkuhler) ([#302](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/302))
diff --git a/.changes/1.6.0/Dependencies-20230329-102021.yaml b/.changes/1.6.0/Dependencies-20230329-102021.yaml
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-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Update black requirement from ~=23.1 to ~=23.3"
-time: 2023-03-29T10:20:21.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 701
diff --git a/.changes/1.6.0/Dependencies-20230406-230203.yaml b/.changes/1.6.0/Dependencies-20230406-230203.yaml
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-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Bump mypy from 1.1.1 to 1.2.0"
-time: 2023-04-06T23:02:03.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 708
diff --git a/.changes/1.6.0/Dependencies-20230421-041623.yaml b/.changes/1.6.0/Dependencies-20230421-041623.yaml
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-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Update pytest requirement from ~=7.2 to ~=7.3"
-time: 2023-04-21T04:16:23.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: mikealfare
-  PR: 726
diff --git a/.changes/1.6.0/Dependencies-20230421-180054.yaml b/.changes/1.6.0/Dependencies-20230421-180054.yaml
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-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Update types-pytz requirement from ~=2023.2 to ~=2023.3"
-time: 2023-04-21T18:00:54.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 704
diff --git a/.changes/1.6.0/Dependencies-20230421-230051.yaml b/.changes/1.6.0/Dependencies-20230421-230051.yaml
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-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Update pip-tools requirement from ~=6.12 to ~=6.13"
-time: 2023-04-21T23:00:51.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 737
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-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Update pytz requirement from ~=2023.2 to ~=2023.3"
-time: 2023-04-23T21:57:45.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 702
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index 5e126d078..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.6.0/Dependency-20221116-221906.yaml
+++ /dev/null
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-kind: "Dependency"
-body: "Bump pyodbc from 4.0.34 to 4.0.35"
-time: 2022-11-16T22:19:06.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  Issue: 417
-  PR: 519
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-kind: Features
-body: Support insert_overwrite strategy with delta
-time: 2022-08-12T09:16:52.7995122+02:00
-custom:
-  Author: flvndh
-  Issue: "1013"
-  PR: "430"
diff --git a/.changes/1.6.0/Features-20230427-123135.yaml b/.changes/1.6.0/Features-20230427-123135.yaml
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-kind: Features
-body: All constraint types are supported, but not enforced.
-time: 2023-04-27T12:31:35.011284-04:00
-custom:
-  Author: peterallenwebb
-  Issue: 656 657
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-kind: Features
-body: Standardize the _connection_keys and debug_query for `dbt debug`.
-time: 2023-06-04T04:34:21.968669-07:00
-custom:
-  Author: versusfacit
-  Issue: PR754
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index af12abfdb..000000000
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+++ /dev/null
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-kind: Features
-body: add dbt-spark portion of dbt_clone functionality
-time: 2023-06-27T15:59:13.605278-05:00
-custom:
-  Author: McKnight-42 aranke
-  Issue: "815"
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--- a/.changes/1.6.0/Fixes-20230319-155618.yaml
+++ /dev/null
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-kind: Fixes
-body: allow negative args for spark split part
-time: 2023-03-19T15:56:18.630146-05:00
-custom:
-  Author: dave-connors-3
-  Issue: "688"
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-kind: Fixes
-body: Fixed issue where table materialization was not always properly refreshing for non-admin users on Databricks
-time: 2023-04-20T21:44:33.343598-04:00
-custom:
-  Author: mikealfare
-  Issue: "725"
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-kind: Fixes
-body: "Remove dead code \U0001F480"
-time: 2023-05-10T15:47:35.848176+02:00
-custom:
-  Author: Fokko
-  Issue: "758"
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+++ /dev/null
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-kind: Fixes
-body: Disallow untyped `def`'s
-time: 2023-05-10T16:31:10.593358+02:00
-custom:
-  Author: Fokko
-  Issue: "760"
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-kind: Fixes
-body: wrap expression for check constraints in parentheses
-time: 2023-05-12T15:14:53.151149-04:00
-custom:
-  Author: michelleark
-  Issue: "7480"
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+++ /dev/null
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-kind: Fixes
-body: Allow hostname to be provided with or without trailing slash
-time: 2023-06-23T11:21:00.901430172Z
-custom:
-  Author: tim-steinkuhler
-  Issue: "302"
diff --git a/.changes/1.6.0/Fixes-20230628-162413.yaml b/.changes/1.6.0/Fixes-20230628-162413.yaml
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--- a/.changes/1.6.0/Fixes-20230628-162413.yaml
+++ /dev/null
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-kind: Fixes
-body: Remove dependent_projects argument from PartialProject call in unit tests
-time: 2023-06-28T16:24:13.288246-05:00
-custom:
-  Author: McKnight-42
-  Issue: "7955"
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--- a/.changes/1.6.0/Under the Hood-20230508-222118.yaml	
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-kind: Under the Hood
-body: Remove unneeded type ignore
-time: 2023-05-08T22:21:18.093232+02:00
-custom:
-  Author: Fokko
-  Issue: "753"
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--- a/.changes/1.6.0/Under the Hood-20230530-162533.yaml	
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-kind: Under the Hood
-body: drop support for python 3.7
-time: 2023-05-30T16:25:33.109326-05:00
-custom:
-  Author: McKnight-42
-  Issue: "792"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 897d257e1..d8ecc97b0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,59 +5,29 @@
 - "Breaking changes" listed under a version may require action from end users or external maintainers when upgrading to that version.
 - Do not edit this file directly. This file is auto-generated using [changie](https://github.com/miniscruff/changie). For details on how to document a change, see [the contributing guide](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#adding-changelog-entry)
 
-## dbt-spark 1.6.0-rc1 - July 17, 2023
+## dbt-spark 1.6.0 - July 31, 2023
 
 ### Features
 
+- Support insert_overwrite strategy with delta ([#1013](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/1013))
+- All constraint types are supported, but not enforced. ([#656](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/656), [#657](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/657))
+- Standardize the _connection_keys and debug_query for `dbt debug`. ([#PR754](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/PR754))
 - add dbt-spark portion of dbt_clone functionality ([#815](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/815))
 
 ### Fixes
 
 - allow negative args for spark split part ([#688](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/688))
+- Fixed issue where table materialization was not always properly refreshing for non-admin users on Databricks ([#725](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/725))
+- Remove dead code 💀 ([#758](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/758))
 - Disallow untyped `def`'s ([#760](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/760))
+- wrap expression for check constraints in parentheses ([#7480](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/7480))
 - Allow hostname to be provided with or without trailing slash ([#302](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/302))
 - Remove dependent_projects argument from PartialProject call in unit tests ([#7955](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/7955))
 
-### Contributors
-- [@Fokko](https://github.com/Fokko) ([#760](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/760))
-- [@dave-connors-3](https://github.com/dave-connors-3) ([#688](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/688))
-- [@tim-steinkuhler](https://github.com/tim-steinkuhler) ([#302](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/302))
-
-
-## dbt-spark 1.6.0-b3 - June 09, 2023
-
-### Features
-
-- Standardize the _connection_keys and debug_query for `dbt debug`. ([#PR754](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/PR754))
-
-### Fixes
-
-- wrap expression for check constraints in parentheses ([#7480](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/7480))
-
-### Under the Hood
-
-- drop support for python 3.7 ([#792](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/792))
-
-## dbt-spark 1.6.0-b2 - May 25, 2023
-
-### Features
-
-- All constraint types are supported, but not enforced. ([#656](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/656), [#657](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/657))
-
-## dbt-spark 1.6.0-b1 - May 12, 2023
-
-### Features
-
-- Support insert_overwrite strategy with delta ([#1013](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/1013))
-
-### Fixes
-
-- Fixed issue where table materialization was not always properly refreshing for non-admin users on Databricks ([#725](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/725))
-- Remove dead code 💀 ([#758](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/758))
-
 ### Under the Hood
 
 - Remove unneeded type ignore ([#753](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/753))
+- drop support for python 3.7 ([#792](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/792))
 
 ### Dependencies
 
@@ -73,10 +43,11 @@
 - Bump pyodbc from 4.0.34 to 4.0.35 ([#417](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/417))
 
 ### Contributors
-- [@Fokko](https://github.com/Fokko) ([#758](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/758), [#753](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/753))
+- [@Fokko](https://github.com/Fokko) ([#758](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/758), [#760](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/760), [#753](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/753))
+- [@dave-connors-3](https://github.com/dave-connors-3) ([#688](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/688))
 - [@flvndh](https://github.com/flvndh) ([#1013](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/1013))
+- [@tim-steinkuhler](https://github.com/tim-steinkuhler) ([#302](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/302))
 
-## dbt-spark 1.6.0-a1 - April 17, 2023
 
 ## Previous Releases
 For information on prior major and minor releases, see their changelogs:
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/spark/__version__.py b/dbt/adapters/spark/__version__.py
index 7a0130d40..38ec8ede9 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/spark/__version__.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/spark/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "1.6.0rc1"
+version = "1.6.0"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1d541d9da..ba472d1ad 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def _get_dbt_core_version():
 
 
 package_name = "dbt-spark"
-package_version = "1.6.0rc1"
+package_version = "1.6.0"
 dbt_core_version = _get_dbt_core_version()
 description = """The Apache Spark adapter plugin for dbt"""