diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1c2967ef36..48771fc4cb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 ### Added
+### Fixed
+### Changed
+### Deprecated
+
+## [6.2.1] - 2020-08-13
+### Added
 - Check whether routing points are within different countries before routing and break if they are and all borders should be avoided
 ### Fixed
 - Updated Docker process to use Java 11 ([#777](https://github.com/GIScience/openrouteservice/issues/777))
diff --git a/openrouteservice/pom.xml b/openrouteservice/pom.xml
index 11d0577406..1de9d0aae1 100644
--- a/openrouteservice/pom.xml
+++ b/openrouteservice/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.heigit.ors</groupId>
     <artifactId>openrouteservice</artifactId>
-    <version>6.2.0</version>
+    <version>6.2.1</version>
     <packaging>war</packaging>
     <name>openrouteservice</name>
     <url>openrouteservice.org</url>