diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d46cd2943a6..9f31f6d81aa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## v6.1.0
+
+- [enhancement] Upgrade to TypeScript 3.8, support new syntax (#4915)
+- [docs] [`no-object-literal-type-assertion`](https://palantir.github.io/tslint/rules/no-object-literal-type-assertion/) fix typo in rule description (#4911)
+
+Thanks to our contributors!
+
+- Daniel Zwelling
+- Ryan Delaney
+
 ## v6.0.0
 
 This version has been marked as deprecated on NPM to encourage users to migrate to ESLint.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 266855ff6e9..0514e360d1a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "tslint",
-    "version": "6.0.0",
+    "version": "6.1.0",
     "description": "An extensible static analysis linter for the TypeScript language",
     "bin": {
         "tslint": "./bin/tslint"
diff --git a/src/linter.ts b/src/linter.ts
index c9c1b3581b5..f6518f301b3 100644
--- a/src/linter.ts
+++ b/src/linter.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import { arrayify, dedent, flatMap, mapDefined } from "./utils";
  * Linter that can lint multiple files in consecutive runs.
  */
 export class Linter {
-    public static VERSION = "6.0.0";
+    public static VERSION = "6.1.0";
 
     public static findConfiguration = findConfiguration;
     public static findConfigurationPath = findConfigurationPath;