diff --git a/Doc/release-notes/master.txt b/Doc/release-notes/master.txt
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@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-Fletch v1.7.0 Release Notes
-===========================
-
-This is a minor release of Fletch that provides both new functionality and fixes over the previous v1.6.0 release.
-
-Updates since v1.6.0
---------------------
-
-* Made pybind11 versions 2.5.0 and 2.10.3 available as options
-* Patched pybind11 version 2.10.3 to deal with premature deletion of python objects in c++
diff --git a/Doc/release-notes/v1.6.1.txt b/Doc/release-notes/v1.6.1.txt
new file mode 100644
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+Fletch v1.6.1 Release Notes
+===========================
+
+This is a minor release of Fletch that provides both new functionality and fixes over the previous v1.6.0 release.
+
+Updates since v1.6.0
+--------------------
+
+* Made pybind11 versions 2.5.0 and 2.10.3 available as options
+* Patched pybind11 version 2.10.3 to deal with premature deletion of python objects in c++
+* Added cppxmq 4.10.0 as an option