diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a15b744f..9b4a2d2a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 1.6.1
+
+* Use multiple threads for line simplification and polygon cleaning
+
 ## 1.6.0
 
 * Add option of parallelized input when reading from a line-delimited file
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index 7ca57b9d..0a102b7f 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define VERSION "tippecanoe v1.6.0\n"
+#define VERSION "tippecanoe v1.6.1\n"