diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a62141525..d43f422b6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ### Changed
 
+### Fixed
+
+
+## [1.6.2] - 2018-03-09
+
+### Changed
+
 - Update included catch.hpp to v1.12.0.
 - Move basic unit tests into their own directory (`test/unit`).
 - Improved clang-tidy config and fixed some code producing warnings.
@@ -294,7 +301,8 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 - Make pbf reader and writer code endianess-aware.
 
 
-[unreleased]: https://github.com/osmcode/libosmium/compare/v1.6.1...HEAD
+[unreleased]: https://github.com/osmcode/libosmium/compare/v1.6.2...HEAD
+[1.6.2]: https://github.com/osmcode/libosmium/compare/v1.6.1...v1.6.2
 [1.6.1]: https://github.com/osmcode/libosmium/compare/v1.6.0...v1.6.1
 [1.6.0]: https://github.com/osmcode/libosmium/compare/v1.5.3...v1.6.0
 [1.5.3]: https://github.com/osmcode/libosmium/compare/v1.5.2...v1.5.3
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 01b1cbec5..24e293d73 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ project(protozero)
 
 set(PROTOZERO_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
 set(PROTOZERO_VERSION_MINOR 6)
-set(PROTOZERO_VERSION_PATCH 1)
+set(PROTOZERO_VERSION_PATCH 2)
 
 set(PROTOZERO_VERSION
     "${PROTOZERO_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROTOZERO_VERSION_MINOR}.${PROTOZERO_VERSION_PATCH}")
diff --git a/include/protozero/version.hpp b/include/protozero/version.hpp
index edf1bf3fb..32a494f4b 100644
--- a/include/protozero/version.hpp
+++ b/include/protozero/version.hpp
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ documentation.
 #define PROTOZERO_VERSION_MINOR 6
 
 /// The patch number
-#define PROTOZERO_VERSION_PATCH 1
+#define PROTOZERO_VERSION_PATCH 2
 
 /// The complete version number
 #define PROTOZERO_VERSION_CODE (PROTOZERO_VERSION_MAJOR * 10000 + PROTOZERO_VERSION_MINOR * 100 + PROTOZERO_VERSION_PATCH)
 
 /// Version number as string
-#define PROTOZERO_VERSION_STRING "1.6.1"
+#define PROTOZERO_VERSION_STRING "1.6.2"
 
 #endif // PROTOZERO_VERSION_HPP