diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 97d0215..d5619e8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-- UNRELEASED
+- 0.6.1
 
  * Correctly propagate errors in EM::Mongo::Cursor#next_document
 
-
 - 0.6.0
 
  * add SCRAM-SHA-1 authentication mechanism
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a918a2a..ee6cdce 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.6.0
+0.6.1