diff --git a/bin/release b/bin/release
index e787bbac..6bfad988 100755
--- a/bin/release
+++ b/bin/release
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ build() {
     ## (library versions?)
     sed -i "/SCRIPT_VERSION=/ c\SCRIPT_VERSION=\"$VERSION\"" ./weave
     sed -i -e "s/:latest/:$VERSION/" -e "/imagePullPolicy: Always/d" ./prog/weave-kube/weave-daemonset.yaml
+    sed -i -e "s/:latest/:$VERSION/" -e "/imagePullPolicy: Always/d" ./prog/weave-kube/weave-daemonset-k8s-1.6.yaml
     make SUDO=$SUDO WEAVE_VERSION=$VERSION DOCKERHUB_USER=$DOCKERHUB_USER
 
     if make tests; then
@@ -165,6 +166,13 @@ draft() {
         --name "weave-daemonset.yaml" \
         --file "./prog/weave-kube/weave-daemonset.yaml"
 
+    github-release upload \
+        --user $GITHUB_USER \
+        --repo weave \
+        --tag $LATEST_TAG \
+        --name "weave-daemonset-k8s-1.6.yaml" \
+        --file "./prog/weave-kube/weave-daemonset-k8s-1.6.yaml"
+
     echo "** Draft $TYPE $RELEASE_NAME $VERSION created at"
     echo -e "\thttps://github.com/$GITHUB_USER/weave/releases/$LATEST_TAG"
 }
@@ -251,6 +259,13 @@ publish() {
             --name "weave-daemonset.yaml" \
             --file "./prog/weave-kube/weave-daemonset.yaml"
 
+        github-release upload \
+            --user $GITHUB_USER \
+            --repo weave \
+            --tag latest_release \
+            --name "weave-daemonset-k8s-1.6.yaml" \
+            --file "./prog/weave-kube/weave-daemonset-k8s-1.6.yaml"
+
         echo "** Release $RELEASE_NAME $VERSION published at"
         echo -e "\thttps://github.com/$GITHUB_USER/weave/releases/$LATEST_TAG"
         echo -e "\thttps://github.com/$GITHUB_USER/weave/releases/latest_release"