diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index be93261f74..ecdbb4fe25 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## master (unreleased)
 
+## 1.6.1 (2020-06-05)
+
 ### New features
 
 * [#115](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop-performance/issues/115): Support `String#sub` and `String#sub!` methods for `Performance/DeletePrefix` and `Performance/DeleteSuffix` cops. ([@fatkodima][])
diff --git a/lib/rubocop/performance/version.rb b/lib/rubocop/performance/version.rb
index a18eaf866b..afbdfb9b40 100644
--- a/lib/rubocop/performance/version.rb
+++ b/lib/rubocop/performance/version.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 module RuboCop
   module Performance
     module Version
-      STRING = '1.6.0'
+      STRING = '1.6.1'
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/relnotes/v1.6.1.md b/relnotes/v1.6.1.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8bf298f823
--- /dev/null
+++ b/relnotes/v1.6.1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+### New features
+
+* [#115](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop-performance/issues/115): Support `String#sub` and `String#sub!` methods for `Performance/DeletePrefix` and `Performance/DeleteSuffix` cops. ([@fatkodima][])
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+* [#111](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop-performance/issues/111): Fix an error for `Performance/DeletePrefix` and `Performance/DeleteSuffix` cops when using autocorrection with RuboCop 0.81 or lower. ([@koic][])
+* [#118](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop-performance/issues/118): Fix a false positive for `Performance/DeletePrefix`, `Performance/DeleteSuffix`, `Performance/StartWith`, and `Performance/EndWith` cops when receiver is multiline string. ([@koic][])
+
+[@fatkodima]: https://github.com/fatkodima
+[@koic]: https://github.com/koic