diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2dbff43529..58cfb13938 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 For more detailed information about the changes see the history of the
 [repository](https://github.com/votca/csg/commits/master).
 
-## Version 1.6.2 (released XX.07.20)
+## Version 1.6.2 (released 22.08.20)
 * move CI to GitHub Actions (#563, #567, #569)
 * add max scaling parameter to pressure correction (#565)
 * fix test dependencies for parallel ctest (#573)
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1d00f3b8bd..1462ce89ff 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
 
 project(votca-csg)
 
-set(PROJECT_VERSION "1.6.1")
+set(PROJECT_VERSION "1.6.2")
 set(PROJECT_CONTACT "bugs@votca.org")
 string(REGEX REPLACE "^[1-9]+\\.([1-9]+).*$" "\\1" SOVERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION}")
 if (NOT ${SOVERSION} MATCHES "[1-9]+")