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Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 12:02:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(master): release 1.6.0 [skip-ci]

---
 .release-please-manifest.json |  2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                  | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 package-lock.json             |  4 ++--
 package.json                  |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index de21790..a4f6ddc 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "1.5.6"
+    ".": "1.6.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7c67457..e5edd6a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.6.0](https://github.com/zone-eu/mx-connect/compare/v1.5.6...v1.6.0) (2026-02-11)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add DANE/TLSA support for outbound SMTP connections ([8705f72](https://github.com/zone-eu/mx-connect/commit/8705f72f0a8849db51c3ba560f53ea9408cb4499))
+* add DANE/TLSA support for outbound SMTP connections ([dd8525b](https://github.com/zone-eu/mx-connect/commit/dd8525b9a04aded9d5f1e11dfa265258f3670bbf))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* add engines field requiring Node.js 14+ ([56ebbfc](https://github.com/zone-eu/mx-connect/commit/56ebbfcb34ee4eb76f6afb130484f78e59f89115))
+* address code review feedback for DANE/TLSA support ([e1f4c7f](https://github.com/zone-eu/mx-connect/commit/e1f4c7f12a15d1ae0cb670750db2b282171e7a00))
+* **dane:** address post-merge issues in DANE/TLSA implementation ([a000cdc](https://github.com/zone-eu/mx-connect/commit/a000cdc1c02fc38f57fd19567f2baa0f3bac41f9))
+* **dns-errors:** correct EOF error code and improve descriptions ([5899eef](https://github.com/zone-eu/mx-connect/commit/5899eef85c6517a0112b594240f5f5e23ec747bb))
+* **get-connection:** destroy socket on connection error to prevent handle leak ([bd3e8f5](https://github.com/zone-eu/mx-connect/commit/bd3e8f58b93dfe7f6cae1e7309710721131b60a3))
+* **net-errors:** update error codes and descriptions from libuv ([36beca2](https://github.com/zone-eu/mx-connect/commit/36beca25597f334593e120b79693795cc80b9965))
+* use userland punycode and fix preferIPv6 sort ([68ae733](https://github.com/zone-eu/mx-connect/commit/68ae73332eb53fbe1200edabfd1f3be1a57d0fac))
+
 ## [1.5.6](https://github.com/zone-eu/mx-connect/compare/v1.5.5...v1.5.6) (2025-04-20)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 5810215..5c82b24 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
     "name": "mx-connect",
-    "version": "1.5.6",
+    "version": "1.6.0",
     "lockfileVersion": 3,
     "requires": true,
     "packages": {
         "": {
             "name": "mx-connect",
-            "version": "1.5.6",
+            "version": "1.6.0",
             "license": "EUPL-1.1+",
             "dependencies": {
                 "ipaddr.js": "2.3.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4e16c80..6c6acc8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "mx-connect",
-    "version": "1.5.6",
+    "version": "1.6.0",
     "description": "Establish TCP connection to a MX server with MTA-STS and DANE/TLSA support",
     "main": "lib/mx-connect.js",
     "engines": {