diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 74ab238..438e68c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## 1.6.1 / unreleased
+## 1.6.1 / 2024-12-02
 
 This is a performance and security release which addresses several possible XSS vulnerabilities.
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 691a325..135e6db 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    rails-html-sanitizer (1.6.0)
+    rails-html-sanitizer (1.6.1)
       loofah (~> 2.21)
       nokogiri (>= 1.15.7, != 1.16.7, != 1.16.6, != 1.16.5, != 1.16.4, != 1.16.3, != 1.16.2, != 1.16.1, != 1.16.0.rc1, != 1.16.0)
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ GEM
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     json (2.8.2)
     language_server-protocol (3.17.0.3)
-    logger (1.6.1)
+    logger (1.6.2)
     loofah (2.23.1)
       crass (~> 1.0.2)
       nokogiri (>= 1.12.0)
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ GEM
     nokogiri (1.16.8)
       mini_portile2 (~> 2.8.2)
       racc (~> 1.4)
+    nokogiri (1.16.8-x86_64-linux)
+      racc (~> 1.4)
     parallel (1.26.3)
     parser (3.3.6.0)
       ast (~> 2.4.1)
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ GEM
       rubocop (>= 1.52.0, < 2.0)
       rubocop-ast (>= 1.31.1, < 2.0)
     ruby-progressbar (1.13.0)
-    securerandom (0.3.2)
+    securerandom (0.4.0)
     tzinfo (2.0.6)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     unicode-display_width (3.1.2)
diff --git a/lib/rails/html/sanitizer/version.rb b/lib/rails/html/sanitizer/version.rb
index e478448..566b04e 100644
--- a/lib/rails/html/sanitizer/version.rb
+++ b/lib/rails/html/sanitizer/version.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 module Rails
   module HTML
     class Sanitizer
-      VERSION = "1.6.0"
+      VERSION = "1.6.1"
     end
   end
 end