diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f9a3ab82..a8639863 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "sauron"
-version = "0.61.6"
+version = "0.61.7"
 authors = [ "Jovansonlee Cesar <ivanceras@gmail.com>" ]
 license = "MIT"
 description = "A versatile web framework and library for building client-side and/or server-side web applications"
diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index ae84bb85..9012bdea 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## Unreleased
+## 0.61.7
 - remove support for `custom_element` as its functionality is superseeded with `stateful_component`
+- remove parent in DomNode as to simplify code
+
+## 0.61.6
+- remove template and use-template feature gate as it is not adding performance enhancements
 
 ## 0.61.5
 - rename `safe_html` to `raw_html`
diff --git a/crates/core/Cargo.toml b/crates/core/Cargo.toml
index 642f99a1..ab0cb14c 100644
--- a/crates/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "sauron-core"
-version = "0.61.6"
+version = "0.61.7"
 authors = [ "Jovansonlee Cesar <ivanceras@gmail.com>" ]
 license = "MIT"
 description = "An html library for building client side webapps"
diff --git a/crates/html-parser/Cargo.toml b/crates/html-parser/Cargo.toml
index 326f23a2..f0764dd8 100644
--- a/crates/html-parser/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/html-parser/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "sauron-html-parser"
-version = "0.61.6"
+version = "0.61.7"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = [ "Jovansonlee Cesar <ivanceras@gmail.com>" ]
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/crates/macro/Cargo.toml b/crates/macro/Cargo.toml
index bbab3341..ecdd09f3 100644
--- a/crates/macro/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/macro/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "sauron-macro"
-version = "0.61.6"
+version = "0.61.7"
 authors = ["John-John Tedro <udoprog@tedro.se>", "Jovansonlee Cesar <ivanceras@gmail.com>"]
 license = "MIT"
 description = "An html library for building client side webapps"