diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f2087cb..dd7cd0d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog
 
 * Unreleased
+* 1.6.1 (2024-01-12)
     * **Bug Fix**: Prevent amnesia that causes multiple type mismatches warnings
         * If a data set contains multiple records with a column which do not
           match each other, then the old code would *remove* the corresponding
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fa2e69e..d111ad8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ $ generate-schema < file.data.json > file.schema.json
 $ generate-schema --input_format csv < file.data.csv > file.schema.json
 ```
 
-**Version**: 1.6.0 (2023-04-01)
+**Version**: 1.6.1 (2024-01-12)
 
 **Changelog**: [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md)
 
diff --git a/bigquery_schema_generator/version.py b/bigquery_schema_generator/version.py
index bcd8d54..bb64aa4 100644
--- a/bigquery_schema_generator/version.py
+++ b/bigquery_schema_generator/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.6.0'
+__version__ = '1.6.1'