diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+## Unreleased
+
+## 1.6.2 (2020-10-23)
+
+- Began recording updates in `CHANGELOG.md`
+- fix: reduce chances of IOErrors by changing default --threads_num to 1 #155, #163
+- fix: reduce chances of errors due to missing required parameters #175
+- fix: missing downloading process by upgrading tqdm dependency #167
+
+--------------------------------------------
+
+## Earlier Versions
+
+Please refer to the commit history in GitHub: 
+https://github.com/icloud-photos-downloader/icloud_photos_downloader/commits/master
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="icloudpd",
-    version="1.6.1",
+    version="1.6.2",
     url="https://github.com/ndbroadbent/icloud_photos_downloader",
     description=(
         "icloudpd is a command-line tool to download photos and videos from iCloud."