diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 68e5c89..3cda803 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Copyright (C) 2004 John Gruber  
-Copyright (C) 2015,2016,2017 Kyle J. McKay  
+Copyright (C) 2015,2016,2017,2018 Kyle J. McKay  
 All rights reserved.
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/Markdown.pl b/Markdown.pl
index edfc74a..e74d0b6 100755
--- a/Markdown.pl
+++ b/Markdown.pl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Markdown -- A text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2004 John Gruber
-# Copyright (C) 2015,2016,2017 Kyle J. McKay
+# Copyright (C) 2015,2016,2017,2018 Kyle J. McKay
 # All rights reserved.
 # License is Modified BSD (aka 3-clause BSD) License\n";
 # See LICENSE file (or <https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause>)
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ use vars qw($COPYRIGHT $VERSION @ISA @EXPORT_OK);
 
 BEGIN {*COPYRIGHT =
 \"Copyright (C) 2004 John Gruber
-Copyright (C) 2015,2016,2017 Kyle J. McKay
+Copyright (C) 2015,2016,2017,2018 Kyle J. McKay
 All rights reserved.
 ";
-*VERSION = \"1.1.6-PRE"
+*VERSION = \"1.1.6"
 }
 
 require Exporter;
@@ -2258,7 +2258,7 @@ BEGIN {
 /* <![CDATA[ */
 
 /* Markdown.pl fancy style sheet
-** Copyright (C) 2017 Kyle J. McKay.
+** Copyright (C) 2017,2018 Kyle J. McKay.
 ** All rights reserved.
 **
 ** Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -2599,6 +2599,8 @@ Z<> See the F<README> file for detailed release notes for this version.
 
 =over
 
+=item Z<> 1.1.6 - 03 Jan 2018
+
 =item Z<> 1.1.5 - 07 Dec 2017
 
 =item Z<> 1.1.4 - 24 Jun 2017
@@ -2661,7 +2663,7 @@ Z<> See the F<README> file for detailed release notes for this version.
 
 =item Copyright (C) 2003-2004 John Gruber
 
-=item Copyright (C) 2015-2017 Kyle J. McKay
+=item Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Kyle J. McKay
 
 =item All rights reserved.
 
diff --git a/README b/README
index 2713c64..8dbf5c8 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Markdown
 ========
 
-Version 1.1.5
+Version 1.1.6
 
 John Gruber  
 Kyle J. McKay
@@ -173,6 +173,17 @@ Markdown.pl source code for more information.
 Version History
 ---------------
 
+1.1.6 (03 Jan 2018):
+
+* Markdown.pl: be more flexible parsing backticks-delimited code blocks
+
+* Markdown.pl: improve XML comment parsing
+
+* Markdown.pl: correct .svg extension matching rule
+
+* Markdown.pl: apply -i and -r options to a and img tags
+
+
 1.1.5 (07 Dec 2017):
 
 * Markdown.pl: support tables
@@ -413,7 +424,7 @@ Copyright and License
 ---------------------
 
 Copyright (C) 2003-2004 John Gruber  
-Copyright (C) 2015-2017 Kyle J. McKay  
+Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Kyle J. McKay  
 All rights reserved.
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without