diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e484e326..06a8af7a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+### [1.6.1](https://github.com/webpack-contrib/mini-css-extract-plugin/compare/v1.6.0...v1.6.1) (2021-06-25)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* memory leaks ([c68aca7](https://github.com/webpack-contrib/mini-css-extract-plugin/commit/c68aca7c58b1bfb3d3f9f8db70fd814e50f82aa1))
+
 ## [1.6.0](https://github.com/webpack-contrib/mini-css-extract-plugin/compare/v1.5.1...v1.6.0) (2021-04-30)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 928f44e9..891591d1 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mini-css-extract-plugin",
-  "version": "1.6.0",
+  "version": "1.6.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 93c71fa8..11c85623 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mini-css-extract-plugin",
-  "version": "1.6.0",
+  "version": "1.6.1",
   "description": "extracts CSS into separate files",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": "webpack-contrib/mini-css-extract-plugin",