diff --git a/spanner/CHANGELOG.md b/spanner/CHANGELOG.md
index 4b98a04cbba1..e55874806fa6 100644
--- a/spanner/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/spanner/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,25 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-spanner/#history
 
+## 1.6.1
+
+11-09-2018 14:49 PST
+
+### Implementation Changes
+- Fix client_info bug, update docstrings. ([#6420](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/pull/6420))
+
+### Documentation
+- Update README service links in quickstart guides. ([#6322](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/pull/6322))
+- Normalize use of support level badges ([#6159](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/pull/6159))
+- Fix typo in spanner usage documentation ([#6209](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/pull/6209))
+
+### Internal / Testing Changes
+- Rationalize 'all_types' round-trip systest ([#6379](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/pull/6379))
+- Bump minimum 'api_core' version for all GAPIC libs to 1.4.1. ([#6391](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/pull/6391))
+- Add systest for returning empty array struct ([#4449](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/pull/4449))
+- Add systests not needing tables ([#6308](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/pull/6308))
+- Use new Nox ([#6175](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/pull/6175))
+
 ## 1.6.0
 
 10-08-2018 08:25 PDT
diff --git a/spanner/setup.py b/spanner/setup.py
index d1677a7674aa..0198e0acef3e 100644
--- a/spanner/setup.py
+++ b/spanner/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 name = 'google-cloud-spanner'
 description = 'Cloud Spanner API client library'
-version = '1.6.0'
+version = '1.6.1'
 # Should be one of:
 # 'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha'
 # 'Development Status :: 4 - Beta'