diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 6a91238..584d74f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 == Changelog
 
-=== 1.6.0
-* upgrade POI 4.1.2 -> 5.2.2
+=== 1.6.0 (released 05.09.2022)
 * #4 add matcher doesNotContainText - thanks to Vitali Plagov for PR #4
+* upgrade POI 4.1.2 -> 5.2.2
+* upgrade from hamcrest-core:1.3 to hamcrest 2.2
 
 === 1.5.0 (released 03.12.2021)
 * #2 fix assertions for floating point numbers  --  thanks to Dmitry Romashov for PR #3
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b3c7c90..02be038 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ If you use **Maven**, add the following dependency to pom.xml:
   <dependency>
     <groupId>com.codeborne</groupId>
     <artifactId>xls-test</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.0</version>
   </dependency>
 ```
 
 If you use **Gradle**, add the following dependency to build.gradle:
 
 ```groovy
-  testCompile 'com.codeborne:xls-test:1.5.0'
+  testCompile 'com.codeborne:xls-test:1.6.0'
 ```
 
 ## How to contribute
diff --git a/gradle/dependencies.gradle b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
index 370acda..fae9b3c 100644
--- a/gradle/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@ dependencies {
   implementation group: 'org.apache.poi', name: 'poi', version: '5.2.2', transitive: true
   implementation group: 'org.apache.poi', name: 'poi-ooxml', version: '5.2.2', transitive: true
 
-  implementation group: 'org.hamcrest', name: 'hamcrest-core', version: '1.3', transitive: false
+  implementation group: 'org.hamcrest', name: 'hamcrest', version: '2.2', transitive: false
   testImplementation group: 'junit', name: 'junit', version: '4.13.2', transitive: false
-  testImplementation group: 'org.hamcrest', name: 'hamcrest-all', version: '1.3', transitive: false
 }
 
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