diff --git a/.VERSION b/.VERSION
index dc1e644a1..9c6d6293b 100644
--- a/.VERSION
+++ b/.VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.6.0
+1.6.1
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index efb19ae84..048dfe06f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ Wilf A. Wilson, Michael Young et al.
 
 Licensing information can be found in the `LICENSE` file.
 
+## Version 1.6.1 (released 06/12/2022)
+
+This is a minor release fixing a number of minor issues:
+
+* Use `compiled.h` instead of `src/compiled.h` by @fingolfin in https://github.com/digraphs/Digraphs/pull/560
+* Fix tourn decoder by @james-d-mitchell in https://github.com/digraphs/Digraphs/pull/559
+* Change `CayleyDigraph` to use `AsSet` by @fingolfin in https://github.com/digraphs/Digraphs/pull/564
+
 ## Version 1.6.0 (released 08/09/2022)
 
 This is a minor release including a number of new features:
diff --git a/PackageInfo.g b/PackageInfo.g
index 2d1f259a5..882826f18 100644
--- a/PackageInfo.g
+++ b/PackageInfo.g
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 ##
 
 ##  <#GAPDoc Label="PKGVERSIONDATA">
-##  <!ENTITY VERSION                  "1.6.0">
+##  <!ENTITY VERSION                  "1.6.1">
 ##  <!ENTITY GAPVERS                  "4.10.0">
 ##  <!ENTITY GRAPEVERS                "4.8.1">
 ##  <!ENTITY IOVERS                   "4.5.1">
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ _STANDREWSCS := Concatenation(["Jack Cole Building, North Haugh, ",
 SetPackageInfo(rec(
 PackageName := "Digraphs",
 Subtitle := "Graphs, digraphs, and multidigraphs in GAP",
-Version := "1.6.0",
-Date := "08/09/2022",  # dd/mm/yyyy format
+Version := "1.6.1",
+Date := "06/12/2022",  # dd/mm/yyyy format
 License := "GPL-3.0-or-later",
 ArchiveFormats := ".tar.gz",
 
diff --git a/VERSIONS b/VERSIONS
index 36fba2a89..5a445c6a7 100644
--- a/VERSIONS
+++ b/VERSIONS
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #############################################################################
 ##
 
+release 1.6.1 - 06/12/2022
 release 1.6.0 - 08/09/2022
 release 1.5.3 - 20/05/2022
 release 1.5.2 - 30/03/2022