diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 954200e6..5b547deb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ At a high level, the process is as follows:
 
 ## Versions
 
-Release [1.5.1](https://github.com/ekrich/sconfig/releases/tag/v1.5.1) - (2023-09-14)<br/>
+Release [1.6.0](https://github.com/ekrich/sconfig/releases/tag/v1.6.0) - (2023-12-28)<br/>
+Release [1.5.1](https://github.com/ekrich/sconfig/releases/tag/v1.5.1) - (2023-09-15)<br/>
 Release [1.5.0](https://github.com/ekrich/sconfig/releases/tag/v1.5.0) - (2022-09-19)<br/>
 Release [1.4.9](https://github.com/ekrich/sconfig/releases/tag/v1.4.9) - (2022-01-25)<br/>
 Release [1.4.8](https://github.com/ekrich/sconfig/releases/tag/v1.4.8) - (2022-01-12)<br/>
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 6193ad34..91d20a1e 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ addCommandAlias(
   ).mkString(";", ";", "")
 )
 
-val prevVersion = "1.5.1"
-val nextVersion = "1.5.2"
+val prevVersion = "1.6.0"
+val nextVersion = "1.7.0"
 
 // stable snapshot is not great for publish local
 def versionFmt(out: sbtdynver.GitDescribeOutput): String = {
diff --git a/docs/SCALA-NATIVE.md b/docs/SCALA-NATIVE.md
index b548a6a6..49ee1198 100644
--- a/docs/SCALA-NATIVE.md
+++ b/docs/SCALA-NATIVE.md
@@ -45,6 +45,34 @@ val maxCol = conf.getInt("maxColumn")
 val isGit = conf.getBoolean("project.git")
 ```
 
+## Using Reader - StringReader example
+
+Both JS and Native now support `java.io.Reader` which allows using `sconfig`
+to parse all supported formats by passing a filename with extension. See the
+following examples from the shared `ConfigFactoryTest` file.
+
+```scala
+val filename = "/test01.properties"
+val fileStr =
+    """
+      |# test01.properties file
+      |fromProps.abc=abc
+      |fromProps.one=1
+      |fromProps.bool=true
+      |fromProps.specialChars=hello^^
+      """.stripMargin
+
+// create Reader
+var test01Reader = new StringReader(fileStr)
+
+val config = ConfigFactory.parseReader(
+  test01Reader,
+  ConfigParseOptions.defaults
+    .setSyntaxFromFilename(filename)
+)
+val specialChars = config.getString("fromProps.specialChars")
+```
+
 ### How to read a HOCON configuation file into a String for Scala Native
 
 In order to read the configuration file into a `String` you need to know the relative