diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a4b9d00304..2b2de91c1a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 TiUP Changelog
 
+## [1.6.1] 2021-10-21
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Fix `tiup-bench` reporting wrong latency for TPCC workloads ([#1577](https://github.com/pingcap/tiup/pull/1577), [@lobshunter](https://github.com/lobshunter))
+- Fix test cases for `tiup-bench` and `tiup-client` ([#1579](https://github.com/pingcap/tiup/pull/1579), [@AstroProfundis](https://github.com/AstroProfundis))
+- Fix fetching component manifest error on certain circumstances ([#1581](https://github.com/pingcap/tiup/pull/1581), [@nexustar](https://github.com/nexustar))
+
 ## [1.6.0] 2021-10-09
 
 ### New Features
diff --git a/pkg/version/version.go b/pkg/version/version.go
index 1767ea5034..b403de7c73 100644
--- a/pkg/version/version.go
+++ b/pkg/version/version.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ var (
 	// TiUPVerMinor is the minor version of TiUP
 	TiUPVerMinor = 6
 	// TiUPVerPatch is the patch version of TiUP
-	TiUPVerPatch = 0
+	TiUPVerPatch = 1
 	// TiUPVerName is an alternative name of the version
 	TiUPVerName = "tiup"
 	// GitHash is the current git commit hash