diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 180b190..c20fad5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.6.1] - 2021-05-10
+
+### Changed
+- bump golang from 1.16.3 to 1.16.4 (#49 by dependabot)
+- bump github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.golang from 1.3.3 to 1.3.4 (#46 by dependabot)
+
 ## [1.6.0] - 2021-05-03
 
 ### Added
@@ -167,7 +173,8 @@
 
 ## [1.0.0] - 2021-02-15
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/tobiasehlert/teslamateapi/compare/v1.6.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/tobiasehlert/teslamateapi/compare/v1.6.1...HEAD
+[1.6.1]: https://github.com/tobiasehlert/teslamateapi/compare/v1.6.0...v1.6.1
 [1.6.0]: https://github.com/tobiasehlert/teslamateapi/compare/v1.5.0...v1.6.0
 [1.5.0]: https://github.com/tobiasehlert/teslamateapi/compare/v1.4.9...v1.5.0
 [1.4.9]: https://github.com/tobiasehlert/teslamateapi/compare/v1.4.8...v1.4.9
diff --git a/src/webserver.go b/src/webserver.go
index 826fbb9..8b83ffc 100644
--- a/src/webserver.go
+++ b/src/webserver.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 // setting TeslaMateApi version number
 // TODO: get the value from git-tag later..
-var apiVersion = "1.6.0"
+var apiVersion = "1.6.1"
 
 // defining db var
 var db *sql.DB