diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 89b8862e4..a8f2046dc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ This project adheres to `Semantic Versioning`_ starting with version 0.11.0.
 
 .. note:: This version is not yet released and is under active development.
 
-[1.6.1] - 2020-01-02
+[1.6.1] - 2020-01-07
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 Fixed