diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9e75c2db..06b8df13 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,25 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file, in reverse chronological order by release.
 
+## 1.6.1 - 2020-09-04
+
+
+-----
+
+### Release Notes for [1.6.1](https://github.com/laminas/automatic-releases/milestone/17)
+
+1.6.x bugfix release (patch)
+
+### 1.6.1
+
+- Total issues resolved: **0**
+- Total pull requests resolved: **1**
+- Total contributors: **1**
+
+#### Bug,Documentation
+
+ - [69: Add all required environment variables to `release-on-milestone-close…](https://github.com/laminas/automatic-releases/pull/69) thanks to @Ocramius
+
 ## 1.6.0 - 2020-09-03
 
 
diff --git a/examples/.github/workflows/release-on-milestone-closed.yml b/examples/.github/workflows/release-on-milestone-closed.yml
index 57dc8532..169fd650 100644
--- a/examples/.github/workflows/release-on-milestone-closed.yml
+++ b/examples/.github/workflows/release-on-milestone-closed.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ jobs:
           command-name: "laminas:automatic-releases:bump-changelog"
         env:
           "GITHUB_TOKEN": ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          "SIGNING_SECRET_KEY": ${{ secrets.SIGNING_SECRET_KEY }}
+          "GIT_AUTHOR_NAME": ${{ secrets.GIT_AUTHOR_NAME }}
+          "GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL": ${{ secrets.GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL }}
 
       - name: "Create new milestones"
         uses: "laminas/automatic-releases@v1"