diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fa2e64359b..0677d553d3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## [1.6.1](https://github.com/taskforcesh/bullmq/compare/v1.6.0...v1.6.1) (2019-12-16)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* check of existing redis instance ([dd466b3](https://github.com/taskforcesh/bullmq/commit/dd466b332b03b430108126531d59ff9e66ce9521))
+
 # [1.6.0](https://github.com/taskforcesh/bullmq/compare/v1.5.0...v1.6.0) (2019-12-12)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 49b3e221e3..7bf8d907ab 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "bullmq",
-  "version": "1.6.0",
+  "version": "1.6.1",
   "description": "Queue for messages and jobs based on Redis",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",