🚀 RELEASE: v0.6.1
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
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 # Change Log
 
+## 0.6.1 - 2021-01-01
+
+This release provides some improvements to the code base:
+
+- 🐛 FIX: Do not resolve backslash escapes inside auto-links
+- 🐛 FIX: Add content to image tokens
+- 👌 IMPROVE: Add more type annotations, thanks to [@hukkinj1](https://github.com/hukkinj1)
+
 ## 0.6.0 - 2020-12-15
 
 🗑 DEPRECATE: Move plugins to `mdit_py_plugins`
diff --git a/markdown_it/__init__.py b/markdown_it/__init__.py
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 from .main import MarkdownIt  # noqa: F401
 
 
-__version__ = "0.6.0"
+__version__ = "0.6.1"