diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d0aee41..37047c0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.6.0] — 2022-08-17
 ### Added
 - A new `CloudEvent` optional `pydantic` model class is available in the
   `cloudevents.pydantic.event` module. The new model enables the integration of
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Added
 - Initial release
 
+[1.6.0]: https://github.com/cloudevents/sdk-python/compare/1.5.0...1.6.0
 [1.5.0]: https://github.com/cloudevents/sdk-python/compare/1.4.0...1.5.0
 [1.4.0]: https://github.com/cloudevents/sdk-python/compare/1.3.0...1.4.0
 [1.3.0]: https://github.com/cloudevents/sdk-python/compare/1.2.0...1.3.0
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6efd4ea..1103468 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ This SDK current supports the following versions of CloudEvents:
 
 ## Python SDK
 
-Package **cloudevents** provides primitives to work with CloudEvents specification: https://github.com/cloudevents/spec.
+Package **cloudevents** provides primitives to work with CloudEvents specification:
+https://github.com/cloudevents/spec.
 
 ### Installing
 
@@ -32,7 +33,8 @@ Below we will provide samples on how to send cloudevents using the popular
 ### Binary HTTP CloudEvent
 
 ```python
-from cloudevents.http import CloudEvent, to_binary
+from cloudevents.http import CloudEvent
+from cloudevents.conversion import to_binary
 import requests
 
 # Create a CloudEvent
@@ -54,7 +56,8 @@ requests.post("<some-url>", data=body, headers=headers)
 ### Structured HTTP CloudEvent
 
 ```python
-from cloudevents.http import CloudEvent, to_structured
+from cloudevents.conversion import to_structured
+from cloudevents.http import CloudEvent
 import requests
 
 # Create a CloudEvent
@@ -73,12 +76,13 @@ headers, body = to_structured(event)
 requests.post("<some-url>", data=body, headers=headers)
 ```
 
-You can find a complete example of turning a CloudEvent into a HTTP request [in the samples directory](samples/http-json-cloudevents/client.py).
+You can find a complete example of turning a CloudEvent into a HTTP request
+[in the samples' directory](samples/http-json-cloudevents/client.py).
 
 ## Receiving CloudEvents
 
 The code below shows how to consume a cloudevent using the popular python web framework
-[flask](https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/1.1.x/quickstart/):
+[flask](https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/2.2.x/quickstart/):
 
 ```python
 from flask import Flask, request
@@ -107,15 +111,18 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     app.run(port=3000)
 ```
 
-You can find a complete example of turning a CloudEvent into a HTTP request [in the samples directory](samples/http-json-cloudevents/json_sample_server.py).
+You can find a complete example of turning a CloudEvent into a HTTP request
+[in the samples' directory](samples/http-json-cloudevents/json_sample_server.py).
 
 ## SDK versioning
 
-The goal of this package is to provide support for all released versions of CloudEvents, ideally while maintaining
-the same API. It will use semantic versioning with following rules:
+The goal of this package is to provide support for all released versions of CloudEvents,
+ideally while maintaining the same API. It will use semantic versioning
+with following rules:
 
 - MAJOR version increments when backwards incompatible changes is introduced.
-- MINOR version increments when backwards compatible feature is introduced INCLUDING support for new CloudEvents version.
+- MINOR version increments when backwards compatible feature is introduced
+  INCLUDING support for new CloudEvents version.
 - PATCH version increments when a backwards compatible bug fix is introduced.
 
 ## Community
@@ -144,8 +151,8 @@ information.
 
 ## Maintenance
 
-We use [black][black] and [isort][isort] for autoformatting. We set up a [tox][tox] environment
-to reformat the codebase.
+We use [black][black] and [isort][isort] for autoformatting. We set up a [tox][tox]
+environment to reformat the codebase.
 
 e.g.
 
diff --git a/cloudevents/__init__.py b/cloudevents/__init__.py
index 91d1973..0b4636c 100644
--- a/cloudevents/__init__.py
+++ b/cloudevents/__init__.py
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-__version__ = "1.5.0"
+__version__ = "1.6.0"
diff --git a/samples/http-image-cloudevents/client.py b/samples/http-image-cloudevents/client.py
index 70a3477..021c1f5 100644
--- a/samples/http-image-cloudevents/client.py
+++ b/samples/http-image-cloudevents/client.py
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ import sys
 
 import requests
 
-from cloudevents.http import CloudEvent, to_binary, to_structured
+from cloudevents.conversion import to_binary, to_structured
+from cloudevents.http import CloudEvent
 
 resp = requests.get(
     "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cncf/artwork/master/projects/cloudevents/horizontal/color/cloudevents-horizontal-color.png"  # noqa
diff --git a/samples/http-image-cloudevents/image_sample_test.py b/samples/http-image-cloudevents/image_sample_test.py
index ace9f1c..5fe6ec9 100644
--- a/samples/http-image-cloudevents/image_sample_test.py
+++ b/samples/http-image-cloudevents/image_sample_test.py
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ from client import image_bytes
 from image_sample_server import app
 from PIL import Image
 
-from cloudevents.http import CloudEvent, from_http, to_binary, to_structured
+from cloudevents.conversion import to_binary, to_structured
+from cloudevents.http import CloudEvent, from_http
 
 image_fileobj = io.BytesIO(image_bytes)
 image_expected_shape = (1880, 363)
diff --git a/samples/http-json-cloudevents/client.py b/samples/http-json-cloudevents/client.py
index 0bc7d27..5ecc379 100644
--- a/samples/http-json-cloudevents/client.py
+++ b/samples/http-json-cloudevents/client.py
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ import sys
 
 import requests
 
-from cloudevents.http import CloudEvent, to_binary, to_structured
+from cloudevents.conversion import to_binary, to_structured
+from cloudevents.http import CloudEvent
 
 
 def send_binary_cloud_event(url):
diff --git a/samples/http-json-cloudevents/json_sample_test.py b/samples/http-json-cloudevents/json_sample_test.py
index 4f01acb..1d92874 100644
--- a/samples/http-json-cloudevents/json_sample_test.py
+++ b/samples/http-json-cloudevents/json_sample_test.py
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 import pytest
 from json_sample_server import app
 
-from cloudevents.http import CloudEvent, to_binary, to_structured
+from cloudevents.conversion import to_binary, to_structured
+from cloudevents.http import CloudEvent
 
 
 @pytest.fixture