diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ead2fb3a..6c5b5553 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 
 
+## v1.6.2 (2024-04-03)
+
+### Fix
+
+* fix: igor2 does not have to be installed on import time ([`186727a`](https://github.com/kmnhan/erlabpy/commit/186727ac8d50b662efeba8bee567cf1013ca936a))
+
+
 ## v1.6.1 (2024-04-03)
 
 ### Chore
diff --git a/src/erlab/__init__.py b/src/erlab/__init__.py
index 5b5637ce..cfbf3d77 100644
--- a/src/erlab/__init__.py
+++ b/src/erlab/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-__version__ = "1.6.1"
+__version__ = "1.6.2"
 
 import erlab.accessors  # noqa: F401