diff --git a/bin/cdist-config b/bin/cdist-config
index 44a95f01..366b7993 100755
--- a/bin/cdist-config
+++ b/bin/cdist-config
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #
 #
 
-__cdist_version="1.6.1"
+__cdist_version="1.6.2"
 
 # Fail if something bogus is going on
 set -u
diff --git a/doc/changelog b/doc/changelog
index be175ffd..e2d6bb49 100644
--- a/doc/changelog
+++ b/doc/changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-1.6.2:
+1.6.2: 2011-04-19
 	* Core: Introduce __cdist_tmp_base_dir
 	* Core: Cleanup and enhance cdist-type-template
 	* Core: cdist-mass-deploy: Report failed cdist-deploy-to instances