diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8ed506025a051..a23eebde7943c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 1.6.3
+
+* Make `Chain.capture()` generic. Its signature is now `T Chain.capture<T>(T
+  callback(), ...)`.
+
 ## 1.6.2
 
 * Fix all strong mode warnings.
diff --git a/lib/src/chain.dart b/lib/src/chain.dart
index b6f36d20efa9c..b436651297619 100644
--- a/lib/src/chain.dart
+++ b/lib/src/chain.dart
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ class Chain implements StackTrace {
   /// considered unhandled.
   ///
   /// If [callback] returns a value, it will be returned by [capture] as well.
-  static capture(callback(), {void onError(error, Chain chain),
-      bool when: true}) {
+  static /*=T*? capture/*<T>*/(/*=T*/ callback(),
+      {void onError(error, Chain chain), bool when: true}) {
     if (!when) {
       var newOnError;
       if (onError != null) {
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 465011b21a4de..ce1d39d5f5247 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ name: stack_trace
 #
 # When the major version is upgraded, you *must* update that version constraint
 # in pub to stay in sync with this.
-version: 1.6.2
+version: 1.6.3
 author: "Dart Team <misc@dartlang.org>"
 homepage: http://github.com/dart-lang/stack_trace
 description: >