diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
index 44b3f0f6577..25f356fb62b 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ output by `rubocop -V`, include them as well. Here's an example:
 
 ```
 $ [bundle exec] rubocop -V
-1.62.0 (using Parser 3.2.2.3, rubocop-ast 1.29.0, running on ruby 3.2.2) [x86_64-linux]
+1.62.1 (using Parser 3.2.2.3, rubocop-ast 1.29.0, running on ruby 3.2.2) [x86_64-linux]
   - rubocop-performance 1.18.0
   - rubocop-rspec 2.23.2
 ```
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 287c6e61658..823efa45e9b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 
 ## master (unreleased)
 
+## 1.62.1 (2024-03-11)
+
 ### Bug fixes
 
 * [#12761](https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/issues/12761): Fix a false positive for `Style/HashEachMethods` when the key block argument of `Enumerable#each` method is unused after `chunk`. ([@koic][])
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 37310aa1faf..5a8551e54e8 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ do so.
 
 ```console
 $ rubocop -V
-1.62.0 (using Parser 3.2.2.3, rubocop-ast 1.29.0, running on ruby 3.2.2) [x86_64-linux]
+1.62.1 (using Parser 3.2.2.3, rubocop-ast 1.29.0, running on ruby 3.2.2) [x86_64-linux]
   - rubocop-performance 1.18.0
   - rubocop-rspec 2.23.2
 ```
diff --git a/docs/antora.yml b/docs/antora.yml
index 9c897ea03d1..5f6023f891e 100644
--- a/docs/antora.yml
+++ b/docs/antora.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ name: rubocop
 title: RuboCop
 # We always provide version without patch here (e.g. 1.1),
 # as patch versions should not appear in the docs.
-version: ~
+version: '1.62'
 nav:
   - modules/ROOT/nav.adoc
diff --git a/lib/rubocop/version.rb b/lib/rubocop/version.rb
index d399e6849d4..fc3e41ca223 100644
--- a/lib/rubocop/version.rb
+++ b/lib/rubocop/version.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 module RuboCop
   # This module holds the RuboCop version information.
   module Version
-    STRING = '1.62.0'
+    STRING = '1.62.1'
 
     MSG = '%<version>s (using %<parser_version>s, ' \
           'rubocop-ast %<rubocop_ast_version>s, ' \
diff --git a/relnotes/v1.62.1.md b/relnotes/v1.62.1.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fbfc199f013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/relnotes/v1.62.1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+### Bug fixes
+
+* [#12761](https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/issues/12761): Fix a false positive for `Style/HashEachMethods` when the key block argument of `Enumerable#each` method is unused after `chunk`. ([@koic][])
+* [#12768](https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/pull/12768): Fix a false positive for `Style/NilComparison` without receiver and `EnforcedStyle: comparison`. ([@earlopain][])
+* [#12752](https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/pull/12752): Fix an error for `Gemspec/RequiredRubyVersion` when the file is empty. ([@earlopain][])
+* [#12770](https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/pull/12770): Fix an error for `Lint/RedundantWithIndex` when the method has no receiver. ([@earlopain][])
+* [#12775](https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/pull/12775): Fix an error for `Lint/UselessTimes` when no block is present. ([@earlopain][])
+* [#12772](https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/pull/12772): Fix an error for `Style/ClassVars` when calling `class_variable_set` without arguments. ([@earlopain][])
+* [#12773](https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/pull/12773): Fix an error for `Style/For` with `EnforcedStyle: for` when no receiver. ([@earlopain][])
+* [#12765](https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/pull/12765): Fix an error for `Layout/MultilineMethodCallIndentation` with safe navigation and assignment method. ([@earlopain][])
+* [#12703](https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/issues/12703): Fix an error for `Lint/MixedCaseRange` with invalid byte sequence in UTF-8. ([@earlopain][])
+* [#12755](https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/pull/12755): Fix an exception for `RedundantCurrentDirectoryInPath` in case of `require_relative` without arguments. ([@viralpraxis][])
+* [#12710](https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/issues/12710): Fix a false negative for `Layout/EmptyLineAfterMagicComment` when the file is comments only. ([@earlopain][])
+* [#12758](https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/issues/12758): Fix false positives for `Layout/RedundantLineBreak` when using `&&` or `||` after a backslash newline. ([@koic][])
+* [#12763](https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/pull/12763): Fix an infinite loop for `Style/MultilineMethodSignature` when there is a newline directly after the def keyword. ([@earlopain][])
+* [#12774](https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/pull/12774): Fix an infinite loop for `Style/RaiseArgs` with `EnforcedStyle: compact` when passing more than 2 arguments to `raise`. ([@earlopain][])
+* [#12663](https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/issues/12663): Fix `Lint/Syntax` getting disabled by `rubocop:disable Lint/Syntax`. ([@earlopain][])
+* [#12756](https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/pull/12756): Only parse target Ruby from gemspec if array elements are strings. ([@davidrunger][])
+
+### Changes
+
+* [#12730](https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/pull/12730): Skip `LineLength` phase on `--auto-gen-only-exclude`. ([@sambostock][])
+
+[@koic]: https://github.com/koic
+[@earlopain]: https://github.com/earlopain
+[@viralpraxis]: https://github.com/viralpraxis
+[@davidrunger]: https://github.com/davidrunger
+[@sambostock]: https://github.com/sambostock