diff --git a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/CHANGELOG.md
index 24715e34cb4d..67307ae1c8ef 100644
--- a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Release History
 
+## 1.6.1 (Unreleased)
+
+
 ## 1.6.0 (2021-05-13)
 This is the last version to support Python 3.5. The next version will require
 Python 2.7 or 3.6+.
diff --git a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/azure/identity/_version.py b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/azure/identity/_version.py
index 5742fd56cb10..6abcd2bf95ae 100644
--- a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/azure/identity/_version.py
+++ b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/azure/identity/_version.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
 # Licensed under the MIT License.
 # ------------------------------------
-VERSION = "1.6.0"
+VERSION = "1.6.1"