diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e56192c..442cecf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased][]
 
+## [1.6.2][] - 2021-03-05
+
+### Changed
+
+- updated [backwork-notifier-http](https://pypi.org/project/backwork-notifier-http)
+
 ## [1.6.0][] - 2021-02-11
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/backwork/requirements.txt b/backwork/requirements.txt
index c7fa8ff..3474b5d 100644
--- a/backwork/requirements.txt
+++ b/backwork/requirements.txt
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ backwork-backup-postgresql==0.2.1
 backwork-notifier-sentry==0.2.0
 backwork-upload-softlayer==0.2.1
 backwork-upload-cos==0.3.0
-backwork-notifier-http==0.1.3
+backwork-notifier-http==0.1.4
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index cc4bed5..86c8359 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ services:
   backwork:
     build:
       context: ./backwork
-    image: bigdatauniversity/backwork:1.6.0
+    image: bigdatauniversity/backwork:1.6.2
     environment:
       - MYSQL_HOST=mysql
       - MYSQL_PORT=3306