diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6d6262f6..e0443942 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ Here's an example of how to set up some pre-commit hooks: put this in your `.pre
 
 ```yaml
 - repo: https://github.com/nbQA-dev/nbQA
-  rev: 1.6.1
+  rev: 1.6.2
   hooks:
     - id: nbqa-black
       additional_dependencies: [jupytext]  # optional, only if you're using Jupytext
diff --git a/docs/history.rst b/docs/history.rst
index 55d7c00a..42a41e1f 100644
--- a/docs/history.rst
+++ b/docs/history.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
-1.6.1 (2022-01-09)
+1.6.2 (2022-01-09)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Fixed bug when executing ``grep`` with string argument
 (e.g. ``nbqa 'grep "import numpy"' . --nbqa-shell``).
diff --git a/docs/pre-commit.rst b/docs/pre-commit.rst
index a40c5910..e80e23d4 100644
--- a/docs/pre-commit.rst
+++ b/docs/pre-commit.rst
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Here's an example of what you could include in your ``.pre-commit-config.yaml``
 
     repos:
     - repo: https://github.com/nbQA-dev/nbQA
-      rev: 1.6.1
+      rev: 1.6.2
       hooks:
        - id: nbqa-black
          additional_dependencies: [black==20.8b1]
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ If you have your own custom tool (e.g. ``customtool``) for which we currently do
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
     - repo: https://github.com/nbQA-dev/nbQA
-      rev: 1.6.1
+      rev: 1.6.2
       hooks:
         - id: nbqa
           entry: nbqa customtool
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ To pass command line arguments, use the `pre-commit args <https://pre-commit.com
 
     repos:
     - repo: https://github.com/nbQA-dev/nbQA
-      rev: 1.6.1
+      rev: 1.6.2
       hooks:
        - id: nbqa-pyupgrade
          args: [--py38-plus]
diff --git a/nbqa/__init__.py b/nbqa/__init__.py
index bd3b3969..90194192 100644
--- a/nbqa/__init__.py
+++ b/nbqa/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Attributes used by docs / packaging."""
 
-__version__ = "1.6.1"
+__version__ = "1.6.2"