diff --git a/clblast.dll b/clblast.dll
index f6d96c89a..68012638d 100644
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diff --git a/include/clblast.h b/include/clblast.h
index 99364ec61..6c7481af0 100644
--- a/include/clblast.h
+++ b/include/clblast.h
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@
   #define PUBLIC_API
 #endif
 
-// Version numbering (v1.5.3)
+// Version numbering (v1.6.0)
 #define CLBLAST_VERSION_MAJOR 1
-#define CLBLAST_VERSION_MINOR 5
-#define CLBLAST_VERSION_PATCH 3
+#define CLBLAST_VERSION_MINOR 6
+#define CLBLAST_VERSION_PATCH 0
 
 namespace clblast {
 // =================================================================================================
diff --git a/include/clblast_c.h b/include/clblast_c.h
index 07f1fd0c2..c779c556e 100644
--- a/include/clblast_c.h
+++ b/include/clblast_c.h
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@
   #define PUBLIC_API
 #endif
 
-// Version numbering (v1.5.3)
+// Version numbering (v1.6.0)
 #define CLBLAST_VERSION_MAJOR 1
-#define CLBLAST_VERSION_MINOR 5
-#define CLBLAST_VERSION_PATCH 3
+#define CLBLAST_VERSION_MINOR 6
+#define CLBLAST_VERSION_PATCH 0
 
 // The C interface
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/include/clblast_half.h b/include/clblast_half.h
index b8de8537a..cbea1723a 100644
--- a/include/clblast_half.h
+++ b/include/clblast_half.h
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@
 #ifndef CLBLAST_HALF_H_
 #define CLBLAST_HALF_H_
 
-// MSVC 2013 doesn't fully support C99
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-    #define inline __inline
-#endif
-
 // =================================================================================================
 
 // The host data-type for half-precision floating-point (16-bit) is based on the `cl_half` OpenCL
@@ -40,7 +35,7 @@ typedef union ConversionBits_ {
 // Converts a IEEE-compliant single-precision value to half-precision floating-point. This function
 // applies simple truncation (round toward zero, but with overflows set to infinity) as rounding
 // mode.
-inline half FloatToHalf(const float value) {
+static half FloatToHalf(const float value) {
   static const unsigned short base_table[512] = { 
     0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000,
     0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000,
@@ -101,7 +96,7 @@ inline half FloatToHalf(const float value) {
 }
 
 // Converts a half-precision value to IEEE-compliant single-precision floating-point
-inline float HalfToFloat(const half value) {
+static float HalfToFloat(const half value) {
   static const unsigned int mantissa_table[2048] = { 
     0x00000000, 0x33800000, 0x34000000, 0x34400000, 0x34800000, 0x34A00000, 0x34C00000, 0x34E00000, 0x35000000, 0x35100000, 0x35200000, 0x35300000, 0x35400000, 0x35500000, 0x35600000, 0x35700000,
     0x35800000, 0x35880000, 0x35900000, 0x35980000, 0x35A00000, 0x35A80000, 0x35B00000, 0x35B80000, 0x35C00000, 0x35C80000, 0x35D00000, 0x35D80000, 0x35E00000, 0x35E80000, 0x35F00000, 0x35F80000,
diff --git a/lib/clblast.lib b/lib/clblast.lib
index 9d01d714f..c913737ab 100644
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