diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
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@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## v1.6.1 (2020-07-15)
+
+* fix validation and parsing of nested models with `default_factory`, #1710 by @PrettyWood
+
 ## v1.6 (2020-07-11)
 
 Thank you to pydantic's sponsors: @matin, @tiangolo, @chdsbd, @jorgecarleitao, and 1 anonymous sponsor for their kind support.
diff --git a/changes/1710-PrettyWood.md b/changes/1710-PrettyWood.md
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-fix validation and parsing of nested models with `default_factory`
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diff --git a/pydantic/version.py b/pydantic/version.py
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 __all__ = 'VERSION', 'version_info'
 
-VERSION = '1.6'
+VERSION = '1.6.1'
 
 
 def version_info() -> str: