diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3afa424..d5eb46d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## v1.6.1
+
+- [Deprecation] [commit](https://github.com/mdlayher/netlink/commit/d1b69ea8697d721415c259ef8513ab699c6d3e96): 
+  the `netlink.Socket` interface has been marked as deprecated. The abstraction
+  is awkward to use properly and dsiables much of the functionality of the Conn
+  type when the basic interface is implemented. Do not use.
+
 ## v1.6.0
 
 **This is the first release of package netlink that only supports Go 1.13+.