diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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 **Contributors:** getpantheon, danielbachhuber, mboynes, Outlandish Josh  
 **Tags:** cache, plugin, redis  
 **Requires at least:** 3.0.1  
-**Tested up to:** 4.7  
-**Stable tag:** 0.6.0  
+**Tested up to:** 4.7.2  
+**Stable tag:** 0.6.1  
 **License:** GPLv2 or later  
 **License URI:** http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html  
 
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ This declaration means use of `wp_cache_set( 'foo', 'bar', 'bad-actor' );` and `
 
 ## Changelog ##
 
+### 0.6.1 (February 23, 2017) ###
+* Bug fix: correctly passes an empty password to `redis-cli`.
+* Variety of improvements to the test suite.
+
 ### 0.6.0 (September 21, 2016) ###
 * Introduces three new WP-CLI commands: `wp redis debug` to display cache hit/miss ratio for any URL; `wp redis info` to display high-level Redis statistics; `wp redis enable` to create the `object-cache.php` symlink.
 * Permits a Redis database to be defined with `$redis_server['database']`.
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
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--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 Contributors: getpantheon, danielbachhuber, mboynes, Outlandish Josh
 Tags: cache, plugin, redis
 Requires at least: 3.0.1
-Tested up to: 4.7
-Stable tag: 0.6.0
+Tested up to: 4.7.2
+Stable tag: 0.6.1
 License: GPLv2 or later
 License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
 
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ This declaration means use of `wp_cache_set( 'foo', 'bar', 'bad-actor' );` and `
 
 == Changelog ==
 
+= 0.6.1 (February 23, 2017) =
+* Bug fix: correctly passes an empty password to `redis-cli`.
+* Variety of improvements to the test suite.
+
 = 0.6.0 (September 21, 2016) =
 * Introduces three new WP-CLI commands: `wp redis debug` to display cache hit/miss ratio for any URL; `wp redis info` to display high-level Redis statistics; `wp redis enable` to create the `object-cache.php` symlink.
 * Permits a Redis database to be defined with `$redis_server['database']`.
diff --git a/wp-redis.php b/wp-redis.php
index cd90b82..5aee001 100644
--- a/wp-redis.php
+++ b/wp-redis.php
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  * Plugin Name: WP Redis
  * Plugin URI: http://github.com/pantheon-systems/wp-redis/
  * Description: WordPress Object Cache using Redis. Requires the PhpRedis extension (https://github.com/phpredis/phpredis).
- * Version: 0.6.0
+ * Version: 0.6.1
  * Author: Pantheon, Josh Koenig, Matthew Boynes, Daniel Bachhuber, Alley Interactive
  * Author URI: https://pantheon.io/
  */