diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index e32a834..ef42a4c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
-1.6.1 (2024-10-31)
+1.6.2 (2024-10-31)
 
 - Fix error not cleared from an internal PyObject_GetAttrString call
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0345247..904bd2a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/sumerc/yappi"
 NAME = "yappi"
-VERSION = "1.6.1"
+VERSION = "1.6.2"
 _DEBUG = False  # compile/link code for debugging
 _PROFILE = False  # profile yappi itself