diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 31086e7..afee140 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## [v1.6.1](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling-core/releases/tag/v1.6.1) - 2024-09-24
+
+### Fix
+
+* Remove unnecessary package dependency ([#30](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling-core/issues/30)) ([`e706d68`](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling-core/commit/e706d686db159f6480439d214c85b1664f38e28f))
+
 ## [v1.6.0](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling-core/releases/tag/v1.6.0) - 2024-09-23
 
 ### Feature
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b4eb85b..32fb592 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "docling-core"
-version = "1.6.0"
+version = "1.6.1"
 description = "A python library to define and validate data types in Docling."
 license = "MIT"
 authors = [