diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 1c6b3ed16..0ebf69917 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,36 @@
-
 Chaco CHANGELOG
 ===============
 
+Release 6.1.0
+-------------
+
+A minor release which updates numpy requirement to 2.x and minimum Python to 3.10
+
+As usual, this release includes a small number of bugfixes and minor improvements.
+
+Thanks to all who contributed to the release:
+
+Enhancements
+
+* Update code to work with recent numpy 2.x (#917)
+* Update minimum tested Python to 3.10
+
+Fixes
+
+* Fix typo in base_2d_plot.py (#915)
+
+Build/CI
+
+* Update pypi testing workflow (#917)
+* Update edm testing workflow (#917)
+* skip known failures #919 and #918 (#917)
+
+Thanks to all who contributed to the release:
+
+* Mark Asbach
+* Ioannis Tziakos
+
+
 Release 6.0.0
 -------------
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 166edc450..8d867a6a3 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Features
 
 Prerequisites
 -------------
-Chaco is only supported on Python >= 3.6.
+Chaco is only supported on Python >= 3.10.
 You must have the following libraries installed before building or installing
 Chaco:
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1fc909309..f3b1fcafa 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 from Cython.Build import cythonize
 
 MAJOR = 6
-MINOR = 0
+MINOR = 1
 MICRO = 0
 PRERELEASE = ""
 IS_RELEASED = True