diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cf8633e8b..a1fafc6c2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # Change Log
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [1.6.1] - 2015-4-5
+### Added
+- Updated version of lodash for optimizations [#158](https://github.com/sendgrid/sendgrid-nodejs/pull/158)
+- Temporarily make travis use npm 2.7.6 [3e16a2](https://github.com/sendgrid/sendgrid-nodejs/commit/3e16a2b8ed180e84acd81dd15550017b1d7d47ef)
+
 ## [1.6.0] - 2015-2-3
 ### Added
 - ASM Group ID support
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eefca10d7..e58da1301 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   ],
   "name": "sendgrid",
   "description": "Official SendGrid NodeJS library.",
-  "version": "1.6.0",
+  "version": "1.6.1",
   "homepage": "http://sendgrid.com",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/test/lib/sendgrid.test.js b/test/lib/sendgrid.test.js
index 11457b479..e1da5210b 100644
--- a/test/lib/sendgrid.test.js
+++ b/test/lib/sendgrid.test.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ describe('SendGrid', function () {
   });
 
   it('version should be set', function() {
-    expect(sendgrid.version).to.equal("1.6.0");
+    expect(sendgrid.version).to.equal("1.6.1");
   });
 
   it('should attach a options object to self', function() {