diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4b2797b88e..4335d71d65 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+paasta-tools (1.6.1) xenial; urgency=medium
+
+  * 1.6.1 tagged with 'make release'
+    Commit: Only drop capabilities that are not added (#3972)  It
+    appears that containerd has changed the behavior around
+    adding/dropping linux capabilities and added caps no longer take
+    precedence over dropped ones
+
+ -- Luis Perez <luisp@yelp.com>  Wed, 25 Sep 2024 09:39:23 -0700
+
 paasta-tools (1.6.0) xenial; urgency=medium
 
   * 1.6.0 tagged with 'make release'
diff --git a/paasta_tools/__init__.py b/paasta_tools/__init__.py
index e73f4e5c91..7d1036f38e 100644
--- a/paasta_tools/__init__.py
+++ b/paasta_tools/__init__.py
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 # setup phase, the dependencies may not exist on disk yet.
 #
 # Don't bump version manually. See `make release` docs in ./Makefile
-__version__ = "1.6.0"
+__version__ = "1.6.1"
diff --git a/yelp_package/Makefile b/yelp_package/Makefile
index b3b465f000..fa67cb919a 100644
--- a/yelp_package/Makefile
+++ b/yelp_package/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 # Edit this release and run "make release"
-RELEASE=1.6.0
+RELEASE=1.6.1
 
 SHELL=/bin/bash