diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 8a77d21e..cb5d2f5c 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+# 1.6.2
+
+changes since 1.6.1
+
+* correctly deal with DATE results where the year is less than 1000 (#108)
+* fix bug for ON CLIENT binary files
+* tweak documentation config for recent Sphynx versions
+
 # 1.6.1
 
 changes since 1.6.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index db48209b..8d7ac2c3 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def read(fname):
     return open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), fname)).read()
 
 
-__version__ = '1.6.1'
+__version__ = '1.6.2'
 
 setup(
     name='pymonetdb',