diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7175cd3..c7d7c2d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
-* [Unreleased](#Unreleased)
+* [1.6.1](#1-6-1)
 * [1.6.0](#1-6-0)
 * [1.5.0](#1-5-0)
 
 
-## Unreleased
+## 1.6.1
 
-### Added
 ### Changed
 
 * i3: workspaces with numerical names are sorted separately from
@@ -15,8 +14,6 @@
   (https://codeberg.org/dnkl/yambar/issues/30).
 
 
-### Deprecated
-### Removed
 ### Fixed
 
 * mpd: `elapsed` tag not working (regression, introduced in 1.6.0).
@@ -25,9 +22,6 @@
   values (https://codeberg.org/dnkl/yambar/issues/25).
 
 
-### Security
-
-
 ## 1.6.0
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 0b9b02c..12e6642 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 pkgname=yambar
-pkgver=1.6.0
+pkgver=1.6.1
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Simplistic and highly configurable status panel for X and Wayland"
 arch=('x86_64' 'aarch64')
diff --git a/PKGBUILD.wayland-only b/PKGBUILD.wayland-only
index 9da0d18..10a44ea 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD.wayland-only
+++ b/PKGBUILD.wayland-only
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 pkgname=yambar-wayland
-pkgver=1.6.0
+pkgver=1.6.1
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Simplistic and highly configurable status panel for Wayland"
 arch=('x86_64' 'aarch64')
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index dd6b910..9309064 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('yambar', 'c',
-        version: '1.6.0',
+        version: '1.6.1',
         license: 'MIT',
         meson_version: '>=0.53.0',
         default_options: ['c_std=c18',