diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ba2ea6c69e2..2575f349a0b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ version = "0.66.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f2b84e06fc203107bfbad243f4aba2af864eb7db3b1cf46ea0a023b0b433d2a7"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.3.3",
+ "bitflags 2.4.0",
  "cexpr",
  "clang-sys",
  "lazy_static",
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex",
  "rustc-hash",
  "shlex",
- "syn 2.0.28",
+ "syn 2.0.38",
  "which",
 ]
 
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ version = "0.68.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "726e4313eb6ec35d2730258ad4e15b547ee75d6afaa1361a922e78e59b7d8078"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.3.3",
+ "bitflags 2.4.0",
  "cexpr",
  "clang-sys",
  "lazy_static",
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex",
  "rustc-hash",
  "shlex",
- "syn 2.0.28",
+ "syn 2.0.38",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -213,9 +213,9 @@ checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
-version = "2.3.3"
+version = "2.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "630be753d4e58660abd17930c71b647fe46c27ea6b63cc59e1e3851406972e42"
+checksum = "b4682ae6287fcf752ecaabbfcc7b6f9b72aa33933dc23a554d853aea8eea8635"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cargo_toml"
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "heck",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.28",
+ "syn 2.0.38",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ checksum = "acbf1af155f9b9ef647e42cdc158db4b64a1b61f743629225fde6f3e0be2a7c7"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cpu-template-helper"
-version = "1.5.0-dev"
+version = "1.6.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "displaydoc",
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ checksum = "487585f4d0c6655fe74905e2504d8ad6908e4db67f744eb140876906c2f3175d"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.28",
+ "syn 2.0.38",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "firecracker"
-version = "1.5.0-dev"
+version = "1.6.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "api_server",
  "bincode",
@@ -611,6 +611,15 @@ version = "0.3.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d77f7ec81a6d05a3abb01ab6eb7590f6083d08449fe5a1c8b1e620283546ccb7"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "home"
+version = "0.5.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5444c27eef6923071f7ebcc33e3444508466a76f7a2b93da00ed6e19f30c1ddb"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "2.0.2"
@@ -648,7 +657,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cb0889898416213fab133e1d33a0e5858a48177452750691bde3666d0fdbaf8b"
 dependencies = [
  "hermit-abi",
- "rustix 0.38.4",
+ "rustix 0.38.17",
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
@@ -669,7 +678,7 @@ checksum = "af150ab688ff2122fcef229be89cb50dd66af9e01a4ff320cc137eecc9bacc38"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "jailer"
-version = "1.5.0-dev"
+version = "1.6.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "nix",
@@ -729,9 +738,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libm"
-version = "0.2.7"
+version = "0.2.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f7012b1bbb0719e1097c47611d3898568c546d597c2e74d66f6087edd5233ff4"
+checksum = "4ec2a862134d2a7d32d7983ddcdd1c4923530833c9f2ea1a44fc5fa473989058"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-loader"
@@ -750,9 +759,9 @@ checksum = "ef53942eb7bf7ff43a617b3e2c1c4a5ecf5944a7c1bc12d7ee39bbb15e5c1519"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
-version = "0.4.3"
+version = "0.4.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "09fc20d2ca12cb9f044c93e3bd6d32d523e6e2ec3db4f7b2939cd99026ecd3f0"
+checksum = "3852614a3bd9ca9804678ba6be5e3b8ce76dfc902cae004e3e0c44051b6e88db"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
@@ -772,7 +781,7 @@ checksum = "f665ee40bc4a3c5590afb1e9677db74a508659dfd71e126420da8274909a0167"
 [[package]]
 name = "micro_http"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/micro-http#0d0fdcd50ea10c1b4777f9a958873fc848a5b7bb"
+source = "git+https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/micro-http#a4d632f2c5ea45712c0d2002dc909a63879e85c3"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "vmm-sys-util",
@@ -800,7 +809,7 @@ version = "0.27.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2eb04e9c688eff1c89d72b407f168cf79bb9e867a9d3323ed6c01519eb9cc053"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.3.3",
+ "bitflags 2.4.0",
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
 ]
@@ -875,19 +884,19 @@ checksum = "5b40af805b3121feab8a3c29f04d8ad262fa8e0561883e7653e024ae4479e6de"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "prettyplease"
-version = "0.2.12"
+version = "0.2.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6c64d9ba0963cdcea2e1b2230fbae2bab30eb25a174be395c41e764bfb65dd62"
+checksum = "ae005bd773ab59b4725093fd7df83fd7892f7d8eafb48dbd7de6e024e4215f9d"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
- "syn 2.0.28",
+ "syn 2.0.38",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.67"
+version = "1.0.68"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3d433d9f1a3e8c1263d9456598b16fec66f4acc9a74dacffd35c7bb09b3a1328"
+checksum = "5b1106fec09662ec6dd98ccac0f81cef56984d0b49f75c92d8cbad76e20c005c"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -898,7 +907,7 @@ version = "1.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7c003ac8c77cb07bb74f5f198bce836a689bcd5a42574612bf14d17bfd08c20e"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.3.3",
+ "bitflags 2.4.0",
  "lazy_static",
  "num-traits",
  "rand",
@@ -958,7 +967,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rebase-snap"
-version = "1.5.0-dev"
+version = "1.6.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "displaydoc",
  "libc",
@@ -1017,14 +1026,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
-version = "0.38.4"
+version = "0.38.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0a962918ea88d644592894bc6dc55acc6c0956488adcebbfb6e273506b7fd6e5"
+checksum = "f25469e9ae0f3d0047ca8b93fc56843f38e6774f0914a107ff8b41be8be8e0b7"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.3.3",
+ "bitflags 2.4.0",
  "errno",
  "libc",
- "linux-raw-sys 0.4.3",
+ "linux-raw-sys 0.4.8",
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
@@ -1045,7 +1054,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "seccompiler"
-version = "1.5.0-dev"
+version = "1.6.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "bincode",
  "displaydoc",
@@ -1082,7 +1091,7 @@ checksum = "4eca7ac642d82aa35b60049a6eccb4be6be75e599bd2e9adb5f875a737654af2"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.28",
+ "syn 2.0.38",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1162,9 +1171,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.28"
+version = "2.0.38"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "04361975b3f5e348b2189d8dc55bc942f278b2d482a6a0365de5bdd62d351567"
+checksum = "e96b79aaa137db8f61e26363a0c9b47d8b4ec75da28b7d1d614c2303e232408b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1188,7 +1197,7 @@ checksum = "10712f02019e9288794769fba95cd6847df9874d49d871d062172f9dd41bc4cc"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.28",
+ "syn 2.0.38",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1212,9 +1221,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "toml"
-version = "0.8.1"
+version = "0.8.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1bc1433177506450fe920e46a4f9812d0c211f5dd556da10e731a0a3dfa151f0"
+checksum = "185d8ab0dfbb35cf1399a6344d8484209c088f75f8f68230da55d48d95d43e3d"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_spanned",
@@ -1233,9 +1242,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "toml_edit"
-version = "0.20.1"
+version = "0.20.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ca676d9ba1a322c1b64eb8045a5ec5c0cfb0c9d08e15e9ff622589ad5221c8fe"
+checksum = "396e4d48bbb2b7554c944bde63101b5ae446cff6ec4a24227428f15eb72ef338"
 dependencies = [
  "indexmap",
  "serde",
@@ -1284,7 +1293,7 @@ version = "0.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b6a38c7e24af201e66f02659492f86ccd5efa9fd62f2c851fff3961a60e81966"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.3.3",
+ "bitflags 2.4.0",
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
  "nix",
@@ -1405,7 +1414,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "aws-lc-rs",
  "base64",
  "bincode",
- "bitflags 2.3.3",
+ "bitflags 2.4.0",
  "criterion",
  "derive_more",
  "device_tree",
@@ -1465,13 +1474,14 @@ checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "which"
-version = "4.4.0"
+version = "4.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2441c784c52b289a054b7201fc93253e288f094e2f4be9058343127c4226a269"
+checksum = "87ba24419a2078cd2b0f2ede2691b6c66d8e47836da3b6db8265ebad47afbfc7"
 dependencies = [
  "either",
- "libc",
+ "home",
  "once_cell",
+ "rustix 0.38.17",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1573,9 +1583,9 @@ checksum = "ed94fce61571a4006852b7389a063ab983c02eb1bb37b47f8272ce92d06d9538"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "winnow"
-version = "0.5.15"
+version = "0.5.16"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7c2e3184b9c4e92ad5167ca73039d0c42476302ab603e2fec4487511f38ccefc"
+checksum = "037711d82167854aff2018dfd193aa0fef5370f456732f0d5a0c59b0f1b4b907"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
diff --git a/docs/getting-started.md b/docs/getting-started.md
index 9616201a2e8..e7987f5a177 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started.md
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ with a Ubuntu 22.04 rootfs from our CI:
 ARCH="$(uname -m)"
 
 # Download a linux kernel binary
-wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/spec.ccfc.min/firecracker-ci/v1.5/${ARCH}/vmlinux-5.10.186
+wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/spec.ccfc.min/firecracker-ci/v1.6/${ARCH}/vmlinux-5.10.186
 
 # Download a rootfs
-wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/spec.ccfc.min/firecracker-ci/v1.5/${ARCH}/ubuntu-22.04.ext4
+wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/spec.ccfc.min/firecracker-ci/v1.6/${ARCH}/ubuntu-22.04.ext4
 
 # Download the ssh key for the rootfs
-wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/spec.ccfc.min/firecracker-ci/v1.5/${ARCH}/ubuntu-22.04.id_rsa
+wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/spec.ccfc.min/firecracker-ci/v1.6/${ARCH}/ubuntu-22.04.id_rsa
 
 # Set user read permission on the ssh key
 chmod 400 ./ubuntu-22.04.id_rsa
diff --git a/src/api_server/swagger/firecracker.yaml b/src/api_server/swagger/firecracker.yaml
index 9be57c05017..9519f710936 100644
--- a/src/api_server/swagger/firecracker.yaml
+++ b/src/api_server/swagger/firecracker.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ info:
     The API is accessible through HTTP calls on specific URLs
     carrying JSON modeled data.
     The transport medium is a Unix Domain Socket.
-  version: 1.5.0-dev
+  version: 1.6.0-dev
   termsOfService: ""
   contact:
     email: "compute-capsule@amazon.com"
diff --git a/src/cpu-template-helper/Cargo.toml b/src/cpu-template-helper/Cargo.toml
index f04f1fbbc9f..1d010652895 100644
--- a/src/cpu-template-helper/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/cpu-template-helper/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "cpu-template-helper"
-version = "1.5.0-dev"
+version = "1.6.0-dev"
 authors = ["Amazon Firecracker team <firecracker-devel@amazon.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/firecracker/Cargo.toml b/src/firecracker/Cargo.toml
index 105ff1b2f95..b1baa2fb412 100644
--- a/src/firecracker/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/firecracker/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "firecracker"
-version = "1.5.0-dev"
+version = "1.6.0-dev"
 authors = ["Amazon Firecracker team <firecracker-devel@amazon.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
 build = "build.rs"
diff --git a/src/jailer/Cargo.toml b/src/jailer/Cargo.toml
index f0055157e51..16a12e788e9 100644
--- a/src/jailer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/jailer/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "jailer"
-version = "1.5.0-dev"
+version = "1.6.0-dev"
 authors = ["Amazon Firecracker team <firecracker-devel@amazon.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Process for starting Firecracker in production scenarios; applies a cgroup/namespace isolation barrier and then drops privileges."
diff --git a/src/rebase-snap/Cargo.toml b/src/rebase-snap/Cargo.toml
index 955dbcb42c9..c66cec73d5f 100644
--- a/src/rebase-snap/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/rebase-snap/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rebase-snap"
-version = "1.5.0-dev"
+version = "1.6.0-dev"
 authors = ["Amazon Firecracker team <firecracker-devel@amazon.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/seccompiler/Cargo.toml b/src/seccompiler/Cargo.toml
index 876940e3339..99e52f2fc94 100644
--- a/src/seccompiler/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/seccompiler/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "seccompiler"
-version = "1.5.0-dev"
+version = "1.6.0-dev"
 authors = ["Amazon Firecracker team <firecracker-devel@amazon.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Program that compiles multi-threaded seccomp-bpf filters expressed as JSON into raw BPF programs, serializing them and outputting them to a file."
diff --git a/src/vmm/src/version_map.rs b/src/vmm/src/version_map.rs
index c433ddebbc9..30fd913647d 100644
--- a/src/vmm/src/version_map.rs
+++ b/src/vmm/src/version_map.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ pub const FC_V1_3_SNAP_VERSION: u16 = 7;
 pub const FC_V1_4_SNAP_VERSION: u16 = 8;
 /// Snap version for Firecracker v1.5
 pub const FC_V1_5_SNAP_VERSION: u16 = 9;
+/// Snap version for Firecracker v1.6
+pub const FC_V1_6_SNAP_VERSION: u16 = 10;
 
 lazy_static! {
     // Note: until we have a better design, this needs to be updated when the version changes.
@@ -80,6 +82,9 @@ lazy_static! {
 
         version_map.set_type_version(VmState::type_id(), 2);
 
+        // v1.6 state change mappings
+        version_map.new_version();
+
         version_map
     };
 
@@ -107,6 +112,7 @@ lazy_static! {
         mapping.insert(Version::new(1, 3, 0), FC_V1_3_SNAP_VERSION);
         mapping.insert(Version::new(1, 4, 0), FC_V1_4_SNAP_VERSION);
         mapping.insert(Version::new(1, 5, 0), FC_V1_5_SNAP_VERSION);
+        mapping.insert(Version::new(1, 6, 0), FC_V1_6_SNAP_VERSION);
 
         mapping
     };
diff --git a/tools/devtool b/tools/devtool
index 40193b7a9fe..fdcc615a6d3 100755
--- a/tools/devtool
+++ b/tools/devtool
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ ensure_ci_artifacts() {
 
     # Fetch all the artifacts so they are local
     say "Fetching CI artifacts from S3"
-    S3_URL=s3://spec.ccfc.min/firecracker-ci/v1.5/$(uname -m)
+    S3_URL=s3://spec.ccfc.min/firecracker-ci/v1.6/$(uname -m)
     ARTIFACTS=$MICROVM_IMAGES_DIR/$(uname -m)
     if [ ! -d "$ARTIFACTS" ]; then
         mkdir -pv $ARTIFACTS