diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 229a87116..dc837e5b6 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: pkgdown
 Title: Make Static HTML Documentation for a Package
-Version: 1.6.0.9000
+Version: 1.6.1
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Hadley", "Wickham", , "hadley@rstudio.com", role = c("aut", "cre"), 
       comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-4757-117X")
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index c5f7f5a2e..647dfdc04 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# pkgdown (development version)
+# pkgdown 1.6.1
 
 * The article index (used for autolinking vignettes across packages) 
   once again works (#1401).