diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index c646c4235..880ece75f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: test
     # Run only on pushing a tag
-    # if: github.event_name == 'push' && contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
     steps:
       - name: Dummy
         run: |
@@ -253,7 +253,6 @@ jobs:
   deploy:
     name: Deploy
     needs: [build-linux, build-binary, build-tarball]
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' && contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: Setup Python 3.8
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 70b187e4e..eb2b7a16b 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,41 @@ Changelog
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+1.6.1 (2020-10-12)
+==================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Provide wheels for ``aarch64``, ``i686``, ``ppc64le``, ``s390x`` architectures on
+  Linux as well as ``x86_64``.
+  `#507  <https://github.com/aio-libs/multidict/issues/507>`_
+- Provide wheels for Python 3.9.
+  `#526 <https://github.com/aio-libs/multidict/issues/526>`_
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- ``human_repr()`` now always produces valid representation equivalent to the original URL (if the original URL is valid).
+  `#511 <https://github.com/aio-libs/yarl/issues/511>`_
+- Fixed  requoting a single percent followed by a percent-encoded character in the Cython implementation.
+  `#514 <https://github.com/aio-libs/yarl/issues/514>`_
+- Fix ValueError when decoding ``%`` which is not followed by two hexadecimal digits.
+  `#516 <https://github.com/aio-libs/yarl/issues/516>`_
+- Fix decoding ``%`` followed by a space and hexadecimal digit.
+  `#520 <https://github.com/aio-libs/yarl/issues/520>`_
+- Fix annotation of ``with_query()``/``update_query()`` methods for ``key=[val1, val2]`` case.
+  `#528 <https://github.com/aio-libs/yarl/issues/528>`_
+
+Removal
+-------
+
+- Drop Python 3.5 support; Python 3.6 is the minimal supported Python version.
+
+
+----
+
+
 1.6.0 (2020-09-23)
 ==================
 
diff --git a/CHANGES/511.bugfix b/CHANGES/511.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index a8464d2ee..000000000
--- a/CHANGES/511.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-``human_repr()`` now always produces valid representation equivalent to the original URL (if the original URL is valid).
diff --git a/CHANGES/514.bugfix b/CHANGES/514.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index b195beb30..000000000
--- a/CHANGES/514.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixed  requoting a single percent followed by a percent-encoded character in the Cython implementation.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGES/516.bugfix b/CHANGES/516.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index fbffe1dbb..000000000
--- a/CHANGES/516.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix ValueError when decoding ``%`` which is not followed by two hexadecimal digits.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGES/520.bugfix b/CHANGES/520.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 54b375220..000000000
--- a/CHANGES/520.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix decoding ``%`` followed by a space and hexadecimal digit.
diff --git a/CHANGES/528.bugfix b/CHANGES/528.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index d43b577c9..000000000
--- a/CHANGES/528.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix annotation of ``with_query()``/``update_query()`` methods for ``key=[val1, val2]`` case.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/yarl/__init__.py b/yarl/__init__.py
index 6aa0acadc..bd08bd2b4 100644
--- a/yarl/__init__.py
+++ b/yarl/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from ._url import URL, cache_clear, cache_configure, cache_info
 
-__version__ = "1.6.0"
+__version__ = "1.6.1"
 
 __all__ = ("URL", "cache_clear", "cache_configure", "cache_info")