diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 17d0e93..b7b53e3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+1.7.6
+=====
+Fixes:
+------
+* Add `SONAME` to the ELF files built by the Makefile (see #252), thanks @YanhaoMo for reporting
+* Add include guards and `extern "C"` to `cJSON_Utils.h` (see #256), thanks @daschfg for reporting
+
+Other changes:
+--------------
+* Mark the Makefile as deprecated in the README.
+
 1.7.5
 =====
 Fixes:
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 09039f6..fc8c042 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
 set(PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
 set(PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR 7)
-set(PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH 5)
+set(PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH 6)
 set(CJSON_VERSION_SO 1)
 set(CJSON_UTILS_VERSION_SO 1)
 set(PROJECT_VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH}")
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 17ddce1..0b302a0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CJSON_TEST_SRC = cJSON.c test.c
 
 LDLIBS = -lm
 
-LIBVERSION = 1.7.5
+LIBVERSION = 1.7.6
 CJSON_SOVERSION = 1
 UTILS_SOVERSION = 1
 
diff --git a/cJSON.c b/cJSON.c
index 7e71ea9..15d3fef 100644
--- a/cJSON.c
+++ b/cJSON.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSON_GetStringValue(cJSON *item) {
 }
 
 /* This is a safeguard to prevent copy-pasters from using incompatible C and header files */
-#if (CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR != 1) || (CJSON_VERSION_MINOR != 7) || (CJSON_VERSION_PATCH != 5)
+#if (CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR != 1) || (CJSON_VERSION_MINOR != 7) || (CJSON_VERSION_PATCH != 6)
     #error cJSON.h and cJSON.c have different versions. Make sure that both have the same.
 #endif
 
diff --git a/cJSON.h b/cJSON.h
index a9c68fa..15eda75 100644
--- a/cJSON.h
+++ b/cJSON.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ extern "C"
 /* project version */
 #define CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR 1
 #define CJSON_VERSION_MINOR 7
-#define CJSON_VERSION_PATCH 5
+#define CJSON_VERSION_PATCH 6
 
 #include <stddef.h>