diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 0f9947c7..12fc6d11 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ latest changes in development for next release
 ----------------------------------------------
 
 .. THANKS FOR CONTRIBUTING; ADD YOUR UNRELEASED CHANGES HERE!
+1.6.1
+-------------------
 
 * several bug fixes, including:
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 3f14fd47..04fd64f4 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-release = version = "1.6.0"
+release = version = "1.6.1"
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 91ab9557..f8d5d135 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.6.0
+current_version = 1.6.1
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ replace = version = "{new_version}"
 [bumpversion:file:docs/changelog.rst]
 search = THANKS FOR CONTRIBUTING; ADD YOUR UNRELEASED CHANGES HERE!
 replace = THANKS FOR CONTRIBUTING; ADD YOUR UNRELEASED CHANGES HERE!
+	{new_version}
+	-------------------
 
-    {new_version}
-    -------------------
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 36c39ad6..0148d74c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def parse_requirements(requirements_filename):
 
 setup(
     name=textract.__name__,
-    version="1.6.0",
+    version="1.6.1",
     description="extract text from any document. no muss. no fuss.",
     long_description=long_description,
     url=github_url,
diff --git a/textract/__init__.py b/textract/__init__.py
index 173b5aee..9bde7dcc 100644
--- a/textract/__init__.py
+++ b/textract/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 from .parsers import process
 
-VERSION = "1.6.0"
+VERSION = "1.6.1"