diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e14210831c..ec1a676203 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+## 1.6.3 / 2017-12-12
+
+* [ENHANCEMENT] Avoid altering YAML secrets unless necessary [#508]
+* [ENHANCEMENT] Documentation updates [#493] [#509]
+* [ENHANCEMENT] Abort if no gpg binary was found [#506]
+* [ENHANCEMENT] Support GOPASS_GPG_OPTS and GOPASS_UMASK [#504]
+* [BUGFIX] Create .gpg-keys if it does not exist [#507]
+
 ## 1.6.2 / 2017-12-02
 
 * [FEATURE] Add gopass fix command [#471]
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index fdd3be6df5..266146b87c 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.6.2
+1.6.3
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 8259de531b..b989ca34eb 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func main() {
 		sv = semver.Version{
 			Major: 1,
 			Minor: 6,
-			Patch: 2,
+			Patch: 3,
 			Pre: []semver.PRVersion{
 				semver.PRVersion{VersionStr: "git"},
 			},