diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2ce446fb..c3475b16 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## ??? - Unreleased
+- Add `from-pairs` to core.
+
 ## 1.15.5 - 2021-04-25
 - Add `declare-headers` to jpm.
 - Fix error using unix pipes on BSDs.
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 08d92c47..709c9c37 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 project('janet', 'c',
   default_options : ['c_std=c99', 'build.c_std=c99', 'b_lundef=false', 'default_library=both'],
-  version : '1.15.5')
+  version : '1.15.6')
 
 # Global settings
 janet_path = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('libdir'), 'janet')
diff --git a/src/boot/boot.janet b/src/boot/boot.janet
index 59e0a016..6b6cb500 100644
--- a/src/boot/boot.janet
+++ b/src/boot/boot.janet
@@ -1525,6 +1525,15 @@
   (loop [k :keys dict] (array/push ret k (in dict k)))
   ret)
 
+(defn from-pairs
+  ``Takes a sequence of pairs and creates a table from each pair. The inverse of
+  `pairs` on a table.``
+  [ps]
+  (def ret @{})
+  (each [k v] ps
+    (put ret k v))
+  ret)
+
 (defn interpose
   `Returns a sequence of the elements of ind separated by
   sep. Returns a new array.`
diff --git a/src/conf/janetconf.h b/src/conf/janetconf.h
index 6f971b2b..3658ac39 100644
--- a/src/conf/janetconf.h
+++ b/src/conf/janetconf.h
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 
 #define JANET_VERSION_MAJOR 1
 #define JANET_VERSION_MINOR 15
-#define JANET_VERSION_PATCH 5
-#define JANET_VERSION_EXTRA ""
-#define JANET_VERSION "1.15.5"
+#define JANET_VERSION_PATCH 6
+#define JANET_VERSION_EXTRA "-dev"
+#define JANET_VERSION "1.15.6-dev"
 
 /* #define JANET_BUILD "local" */