diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ad7c63c..90674e7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ This module adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html
 
 ---
 
+## [1.6.0] — 2026-08-13
+
+Minor — coordinated framework release (lockstep versioning). No changes to this module's own API.
+
+### Changed
+
+- Bumped einherjar dependencies to v1.6.0. The framework-wide change in this release is
+  `web`'s new `httputil.Bind` / `httputil.BindEmpty` request-binding adapters.
+
 ## [1.5.0] — 2026-08-09
 
 Minor — coordinated framework version alignment. No code or API changes in this module.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 89aca6c..1bcbe54 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # einherjar/core
 
-[![version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-v1.5.0-5C4EE5?style=flat-square)](https://code.nochebuena.dev/einherjar/core)
+[![version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-v1.6.0-5C4EE5?style=flat-square)](https://code.nochebuena.dev/einherjar/core)
 [![license](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-AGPL--3.0-22863A?style=flat-square)](LICENSE)
 [![go](https://img.shields.io/badge/Go-1.26+-00ADD8?style=flat-square&logo=go&logoColor=white)](https://go.dev)
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ce10855..2c9232d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module code.nochebuena.dev/einherjar/core
 go 1.26
 
 require (
-	code.nochebuena.dev/einherjar/contracts v1.5.0
+	code.nochebuena.dev/einherjar/contracts v1.6.0
 	github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.30.3
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8a2b4a0..40957f5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-code.nochebuena.dev/einherjar/contracts v1.5.0 h1:vDlpLXtVZ4Q4l3AR02qLQhnKnEDq2vE8+mydwg85hUU=
-code.nochebuena.dev/einherjar/contracts v1.5.0/go.mod h1:ccltUtrFb5+MEJdkx2VVEUL+xC5pupVlVVsMM8AlCWI=
+code.nochebuena.dev/einherjar/contracts v1.6.0 h1:Y+8B+m4kQR5l/6lMY7SYdvIbwhFOnliCXDv9oBCOUP4=
+code.nochebuena.dev/einherjar/contracts v1.6.0/go.mod h1:ccltUtrFb5+MEJdkx2VVEUL+xC5pupVlVVsMM8AlCWI=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.4.15 h1:05iP/CYtZ/w455R/KZM6rZ5ieAdh99UPtd+d3YzLmaI=