diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index abe7da92..a0f30af5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
+## 0.6.1 (Aug 9th, 2022)
+
+### Fixed
+
+* Improve typing for `Transaction` (#493)
+* Allow string indexing into Record (#501)
+
 ## 0.6.0 (May 29th, 2022)
 
 * Dropped Python 3.6 support (#458)
diff --git a/databases/__init__.py b/databases/__init__.py
index 8dd420b2..1a4a091c 100644
--- a/databases/__init__.py
+++ b/databases/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 from databases.core import Database, DatabaseURL
 
-__version__ = "0.6.0"
+__version__ = "0.6.1"
 __all__ = ["Database", "DatabaseURL"]