diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 379c95d7..031753e1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## v0.6.1
+
+* Minor fix for middleware initialization check inside decorators.
+
 ## v0.6.0
 
 * Raise `UnAuthorized` instead of `Forbidden` [#129](https://github.com/hzlmn/aiohttp-jwt/pull/129). Thanks [@rockwelln](https://github.com/rockwelln)
diff --git a/aiohttp_jwt/__init__.py b/aiohttp_jwt/__init__.py
index 5ff34801..c9321e37 100644
--- a/aiohttp_jwt/__init__.py
+++ b/aiohttp_jwt/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-__version__ = '0.6.0'
+__version__ = '0.6.1'
 
 from .middleware import JWTMiddleware
 from .permissions import (