diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index a123667..6768836 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ Known issues:
   bug](https://github.com/TooTallNate/node-gyp/issues/65).
 
 
+## 1.6.1 (not yet released)
+
+(nothing yet)
+
+
 ## 1.6.0
 
 - [pull #304, issue #245] Use [Moment.js][momentjs.com] library to handle
diff --git a/bin/bunyan b/bin/bunyan
index 885cfbb..a41aacf 100755
--- a/bin/bunyan
+++ b/bin/bunyan
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  * vim: expandtab:ts=4:sw=4
  */
 
-var VERSION = '1.6.0';
+var VERSION = '1.6.1';
 
 var p = console.log;
 var util = require('util');
diff --git a/lib/bunyan.js b/lib/bunyan.js
index e9287d1..0640d6d 100644
--- a/lib/bunyan.js
+++ b/lib/bunyan.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * vim: expandtab:ts=4:sw=4
  */
 
-var VERSION = '1.6.0';
+var VERSION = '1.6.1';
 
 /*
  * Bunyan log format version. This becomes the 'v' field on all log records.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 965f98e..28ff9b2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "bunyan",
-  "version": "1.6.0",
+  "version": "1.6.1",
   "description": "a JSON logging library for node.js services",
   "author": "Trent Mick <trentm@gmail.com> (http://trentm.com)",
   "main": "./lib/bunyan.js",