diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f54cbd33..45b681ea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## [v1.6.2](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/releases/tag/v1.6.2) - 2024-08-22
+
+### Fix
+
+* Remove [ocr] extra to fix wheel install ([#42](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/issues/42)) ([`6995268`](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/commit/69952682edd014a3f252e9c87edffa7c34f1033b))
+
 ## [v1.6.1](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/releases/tag/v1.6.1) - 2024-08-21
 
 ### Fix
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9c6fac84..63d48d0f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "docling"
-version = "1.6.1"  # DO NOT EDIT, updated automatically
+version = "1.6.2"  # DO NOT EDIT, updated automatically
 description = "Docling PDF conversion package"
 authors = ["Christoph Auer <cau@zurich.ibm.com>", "Michele Dolfi <dol@zurich.ibm.com>", "Maxim Lysak <mly@zurich.ibm.com>", "Nikos Livathinos <nli@zurich.ibm.com>", "Ahmed Nassar <ahn@zurich.ibm.com>", "Peter Staar <taa@zurich.ibm.com>"]
 license = "MIT"