diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3cb332d2..a5b6d146 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## [0.1.6] 2024-04-30
+
+### Removed
+
+- removed caching for the featured item (DR-2944)
+
 ## [0.1.5] 2024-04-29
 
 ### Added
@@ -20,6 +26,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Updated
 
 - Run homepage images tests 10x in parallel (DR-2937)
+- Updated Travis file to point to new AWS clusters (DR-2943)
 
 ## [0.1.4] 2024-04-11
 
diff --git a/src/pages/api/featuredItem.ts b/src/pages/api/featuredItem.ts
index 2f7e3658..9763b994 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/featuredItem.ts
+++ b/src/pages/api/featuredItem.ts
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ const featuredItemDataHandler = async (
       }`,
     };
 
-    // 24 hour cache
-    response.setHeader("Cache-Control", "s-maxage=86400");
-
     return response.status(200).json({
       featuredItem: featuredItemObject,
       numberOfDigitizedItems: numDigitizedItems,