diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9514356..de04300 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,12 +1,45 @@
+Changes in [1.6.1](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-desktop/releases/tag/v1.6.1) (2020-05-19)
+==============================================================================================
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-desktop/compare/v1.6.1-rc.1...v1.6.1)
+
+ * No changes since rc.1
+
+Changes in [1.6.1-rc.1](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-desktop/releases/tag/v1.6.1-rc.1) (2020-05-14)
+========================================================================================================
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-desktop/compare/v1.6.0...v1.6.1-rc.1)
+
+ * Add CI scripts to install and link JS SDK
+   [\#85](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-desktop/pull/85)
+ * Use Xenial as the build image's base distribution
+   [\#84](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-desktop/pull/84)
+ * Persist GPG keys for Linux builds via Docker
+   [\#83](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-desktop/pull/83)
+ * Update README to mention profile support
+   [\#81](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-desktop/pull/81)
+ * Remove Conflicts from riot-desktop
+   [\#82](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-desktop/pull/82)
+ * Add a default Linux distribution
+   [\#79](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-desktop/pull/79)
+ * Remove invite only padlocks feature flag config
+   [\#77](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-desktop/pull/77)
+ * package.json: Bump the Seshat dep.
+   [\#75](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-desktop/pull/75)
+ * Remove encrypted message search feature flag
+   [\#74](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-desktop/pull/74)
+ * Update readme now it's the real source
+   [\#73](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-desktop/pull/73)
+
 Changes in [1.6.0](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-desktop/releases/tag/v1.6.0) (2020-05-05)
 ==============================================================================================
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-desktop/compare/v1.6.0-rc.6...v1.6.0)
 
+ * No changes since rc.6
 
 Changes in [1.6.0-rc.6](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-desktop/releases/tag/v1.6.0-rc.6) (2020-05-01)
 ========================================================================================================
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-desktop/compare/v1.6.0-rc.5...v1.6.0-rc.6)
 
+ * No changes since rc.5
 
 Changes in [1.6.0-rc.5](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-desktop/releases/tag/v1.6.0-rc.5) (2020-04-30)
 ========================================================================================================
@@ -21,6 +54,7 @@ Changes in [1.6.0-rc.4](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-desktop/releases/tag/v
 ========================================================================================================
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-desktop/compare/v1.6.0-rc.3...v1.6.0-rc.4)
 
+ * No changes since rc.3
 
 Changes in [1.6.0-rc.3](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-desktop/releases/tag/v1.6.0-rc.3) (2020-04-17)
 ========================================================================================================
@@ -33,6 +67,7 @@ Changes in [1.6.0-rc.2](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-desktop/releases/tag/v
 ========================================================================================================
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-desktop/compare/v1.6.0-rc.1...v1.6.0-rc.2)
 
+ * No changes since rc.1
 
 Changes in [1.6.0-rc.1](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-desktop/releases/tag/v1.6.0-rc.1) (2020-04-15)
 ========================================================================================================
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a6ae3ad..cb72b09 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "riot-desktop",
   "productName": "Riot",
   "main": "src/electron-main.js",
-  "version": "1.6.0",
+  "version": "1.6.1",
   "description": "A feature-rich client for Matrix.org",
   "author": "New Vector Ltd.",
   "repository": {
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     "find-npm-prefix": "^1.0.2",
     "fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
     "glob": "^7.1.6",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "6.0.0",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "6.1.0",
     "mkdirp": "^1.0.3",
     "needle": "^2.3.2",
     "node-pre-gyp": "^0.14.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index cc26f65..2d917fa 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2862,10 +2862,10 @@ map-age-cleaner@^0.1.1:
   dependencies:
     p-defer "^1.0.0"
 
-matrix-js-sdk@6.0.0:
-  version "6.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-6.0.0.tgz#2374a583878073871a0202dc237691ef15540575"
-  integrity sha512-NBHb5JIKetCVhOdfETyhUL9lYs2M+v8W/uczTzW6IX9XFOtNaha8X82waXlRt6RJpZRm5aJveODkybvo9VOLtg==
+matrix-js-sdk@6.1.0:
+  version "6.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-6.1.0.tgz#c28ad67c113c4aa9c8bce409c7ba550170bdc2ee"
+  integrity sha512-N+vCgxWORvhh7AGyWZlU5Z2brojbbnHnWlMkBF6JjWe6a+pfpjmRKp5/jeQpOz6yfe56sIQvU7ikBZl3JjlMiw==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.8.3"
     another-json "^0.2.0"