diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c82723e..5fca68e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## [3.1.6] - 2022-05-12
+- Fixed issue where the 'read' method on response objects always return strings 
+- Modified query parameter encoding to not percent-encode characters allowed in query strings per RFC3986
 ## [3.1.5] - 2022-04-01
 - Added methods for specifying proxies directly with a new 'proxies' parameter
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3f0e848..e6ed52a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     long_description = f.read()
 
 setup(name='redfish',
-      version='3.1.5',
+      version='3.1.6',
       description='Redfish Python Library',
       long_description=long_description,
       long_description_content_type='text/x-rst',
diff --git a/src/redfish/__init__.py b/src/redfish/__init__.py
index 6c4be66..070fc06 100644
--- a/src/redfish/__init__.py
+++ b/src/redfish/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 """ Redfish restful library """
 
 __all__ = ['rest', 'ris', 'discovery']
-__version__ = "3.1.5"
+__version__ = "3.1.6"
 
 from redfish.rest.v1 import redfish_client
 from redfish.rest.v1 import AuthMethod