diff --git a/docs/misc/changelog.rst b/docs/misc/changelog.rst
index 10334d4..64be0e4 100644
--- a/docs/misc/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/misc/changelog.rst
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
 Changelog
 ==========
 
-Release 1.6.1a4 (WIP)
+Release 1.6.1 (2022-09-29)
 ---------------------------
 
+**Bug fix release**
+
 Breaking Changes:
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 - Switched minimum tensorboard version to 2.9.1
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ New Features:
 
 SB3-Contrib
 ^^^^^^^^^^^
+- Fixed the issue of wrongly passing policy arguments when using ``CnnLstmPolicy`` or ``MultiInputLstmPolicy`` with ``RecurrentPPO`` (@mlodel)
 
 Bug Fixes:
 ^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/stable_baselines3/version.txt b/stable_baselines3/version.txt
index 9c2a9af..9c6d629 100644
--- a/stable_baselines3/version.txt
+++ b/stable_baselines3/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.6.1a4
+1.6.1