From a947c37f4f86d5e6b9a745e0a08d4ca71c7ebfb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leonardo Uieda <leouieda@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 10:59:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Changelog entry for v1.6.1 (#320)

Minor release to include a small fix to make_xarray_grid
---
 README.rst      |  1 +
 doc/changes.rst | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 8164fe4cc..c9148825a 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ Documentation for other versions
 * `Development <http://www.fatiando.org/verde/dev>`__ (reflects the *master* branch on
   Github)
 * `Latest release <http://www.fatiando.org/verde/latest>`__
+* `v1.6.1 <http://www.fatiando.org/verde/v1.6.1>`__
 * `v1.6.0 <http://www.fatiando.org/verde/v1.6.0>`__
 * `v1.5.0 <http://www.fatiando.org/verde/v1.5.0>`__
 * `v1.4.0 <http://www.fatiando.org/verde/v1.4.0>`__
diff --git a/doc/changes.rst b/doc/changes.rst
index 798185067..6a7b55567 100644
--- a/doc/changes.rst
+++ b/doc/changes.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,27 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+Version 1.6.1
+-------------
+
+*Released on: 2021/03/22*
+
+.. image:: https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.4626786.svg
+   :target: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4626786
+
+Minor changes:
+
+* Allow ``make_xarray_grid`` to receive ``data=None`` instead of raising an error. This is used to create an empty ``xarray.Dataset`` (`#318 <https://github.com/fatiando/verde/pull/318>`__)
+
+Maintenance:
+
+* Fix use of wrong version numbers for PyPI releases (`#317 <https://github.com/fatiando/verde/pull/317>`__)
+
+This release contains contributions from:
+
+* Santiago Soler
+* Leonardo Uieda
+
 Version 1.6.0
 -------------