diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3a32fc381b5b7d3a2aec7f30c4ac23aa946014d6..15119fbba52ab9e5c0ad4ad9ced04f62b020bd59 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Release Notes
 
+## Version 1.6.1  - 2019-12-11
+
+A special bugfix release to fix a Windows regression:
+
+* lock names: Remove uid suffix & hash entire path [#6059](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/6059)
+
 ## Version 1.6.0 - 2019-12-10
 
 * Update default k8s version to v1.17.0 [#6042](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/6042)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f12e972f96b5720d141bbe26751032d79b49eda9..941593fe429b315f026dcadec1a29c015aee5bd1 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # Bump these on release - and please check ISO_VERSION for correctness.
 VERSION_MAJOR ?= 1
 VERSION_MINOR ?= 6
-VERSION_BUILD ?= 0
+VERSION_BUILD ?= 1
 RAW_VERSION=$(VERSION_MAJOR).$(VERSION_MINOR).${VERSION_BUILD}
 VERSION ?= v$(RAW_VERSION)