diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 276f0d49b4..709529af83 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ twilio-python Changelog
 
 Here you can see the full list of changes between each twilio-python release.
 
+[2017-05-12] Version 6.1.2
+----------------------------------
+
+- Support *kwargs in Gather TwiML
+
 [2017-05-10] Version 6.1.1-alpha-1
 ----------------------------------
 
diff --git a/twilio/__init__.py b/twilio/__init__.py
index b9c1caa91d..75935a695f 100644
--- a/twilio/__init__.py
+++ b/twilio/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 
-__version_info__ = ('6', '1', '1-alpha-1')
+__version_info__ = ('6', '1', '2-alpha-1')
 __version__ = '.'.join(__version_info__)