diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e299d5e7c3..2f662344f5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,20 +5,13 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 
-## [1.6.2] - 2022-04-26
+## [1.6.2] - 2022-04-27
 
 ### Fixed
 
-
 - Fixed `ImportError` when `torch.distributed` is not available. ([#12794](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/12794))
-
-
 - When using custom DataLoaders in LightningDataModule, multiple inheritance is resolved properly ([#12716](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/12716))
-
-
 - Fixed encoding issues on terminals that do not support unicode characters ([#12828](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/12828))
-
-
 - Fixed support for `ModelCheckpoint` monitors with dots ([#12783](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/12783))
 
 
diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/__about__.py b/pytorch_lightning/__about__.py
index 12cbc22fc9..8b7e408363 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/__about__.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/__about__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import time
 
 _this_year = time.strftime("%Y")
-__version__ = "1.6.1"
+__version__ = "1.6.2"
 __author__ = "William Falcon et al."
 __author_email__ = "waf2107@columbia.edu"
 __license__ = "Apache-2.0"