diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2782053..cbb2e7c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [Unrelased]
+## [v1.6.1]
 ### Fixed
 - merge_gff_compare failing with empty GFF files.
 
diff --git a/nextflow.config b/nextflow.config
index bd3028d..adac441 100644
--- a/nextflow.config
+++ b/nextflow.config
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ params {
       ]
     agent = null
     container_sha = "shad8671ea3a8ed52f2c0f40355e8eb5c6f00d2cbda"
-	common_sha="shabadd33adae761be6f2d59c6ecfb44b19cf472cfc"
+	common_sha= "shaabceef445fb63214073cbf5836fdd33c04be4ac7"
     }
 }
 
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ manifest {
     description     = 'Transcriptome analysis including differential expression as well as assembly and annotation of cDNA and direct RNA sequencing data.'
     mainScript      = 'main.nf'
     nextflowVersion = '>=23.04.2'
-    version         = 'v1.6.0'
+    version         = 'v1.6.1'
 }
 
 epi2melabs {