diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index abdc2736..b59d7921 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 
 # Change Log
 
+## 1.6.1 - 2020-02-10
+
+- Add pandas v1.0.0 support
+
 ## 1.6.0 - 2019-11-21
 
 - Fix letter-casing in `has_action` and `has_actionset` methods
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew.rst
index 8f794312..c9d68112 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew.rst
@@ -9,8 +9,13 @@ What's New
 
 This document outlines features and improvements from each release.
 
+1.6.1 (February 10, 2020)
+=========================
+
+- Add pandas v1.0.0 support
+
 1.6.0 (November 21, 2019)
-===========================
+=========================
 
 - Fix letter-casing in ``has_action`` and ``has_actionset`` methods
 - Remove usage of deprecated ``ix`` accessor
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e781b9af..80f396a6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def get_file(fname):
 setup(
     zip_safe=False,
     name='swat',
-    version='1.6.1-dev',
+    version='1.6.1',
     description='SAS Scripting Wrapper for Analytics Transfer (SWAT)',
     long_description=get_file('README.md'),
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
diff --git a/swat/__init__.py b/swat/__init__.py
index b0f159d2..50388717 100644
--- a/swat/__init__.py
+++ b/swat/__init__.py
@@ -90,4 +90,4 @@
 # SAS Formatter
 from .formatter import SASFormatter    # noqa: E402
 
-__version__ = '1.6.1-dev'
+__version__ = '1.6.1'