# Test Kitchen v1.6.0 released

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/test-kitchen-v1-6-0-released/7893>\
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**Created:** [February 29, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/test-kitchen-v1-6-0-released/7893 "2016-02-29T20:39:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/test-kitchen-v1-6-0-released/7893/1 "2016-02-29T20:39:51Z")

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Ohai!

We’re pleased to announce that Test Kitchen v1.6.0 has been released and is now available via RubyGems.

The [changelog](https://github.com/test-kitchen/test-kitchen/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) has all the details, but some notable changes in this release include:

- Much-improved Windows support thanks to updated `winrm` and `winrm-fs` gems
- Fix to allow `kitchen-inspec` to work with instance using legacy SSH drivers
- Fix to allow Test Kitchen to succeed on Windows nodes using the default execution policy
- Test Kitchen will properly use powershell on Windows nodes when the transport is set to WinRM without requiring the user to name the instance in a particular way
- Introduced a new “chef-apply” provisioner

For all you ChefDK users, we expect v1.6.0 of Test Kitchen will be available in the next release of the ChefDK.

Please file a GitHub issue if you experience any problems.

Thank you!  
The Test Kitchen Team