diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 14ad00199..7261f8134 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 - New field `userId` is supported to make it more compliant under `context->traits` for `identify` and all successive calls. Old filed for developer identification i.e. `id` is still supported. 
 
 ## Version - 1.6.0 - 2022-07-11
+### Changed
+- Removed Bluetooth permission from the Core SDK and from now the bluetooth status would be collected and sent as a part of the payload only if bluetooth permission is included in the SDK, so that from now bluetooth permission is not necessarily needed to make use of the SDK.
 
-## Changed
-- Removed Bluetooth permission from the Core SDK and from now the bluetooth status would be collected and sent as a part of the payload only if bluetooth permission is included in the SDK, so that from now bluetooth permission is not necessarily needed to make use of the SDK.
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+## Version - 1.6.1 - 2022-08-02
+### Changed
+- Removed the app_name from the string resources of the Core SDK.
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0397a8b93..32f2d8467 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ allprojects {
 
 ```groovy
 
-implementation 'com.rudderstack.android.sdk:core:1.6.0'
+implementation 'com.rudderstack.android.sdk:core:1.6.1'
 ```
 
 ## Initializing ```RudderClient```
diff --git a/core/build.gradle b/core/build.gradle
index cfe93f211..5cda792be 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle
+++ b/core/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ android {
         minSdkVersion 19
         targetSdkVersion 29
         versionCode 1
-        versionName '1.6.0'
+        versionName '1.6.1'
         consumerProguardFiles 'proguard-consumer-rules.pro'
     }
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ dependencies {
 
 ext {
     PUBLISH_GROUP_ID = 'com.rudderstack.android.sdk'
-    PUBLISH_VERSION = '1.6.0'
+    PUBLISH_VERSION = '1.6.1'
     PUBLISH_ARTIFACT_ID = 'core'
 }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/rudderstack/android/sdk/core/Constants.java b/core/src/main/java/com/rudderstack/android/sdk/core/Constants.java
index ee9a9d321..5c8c58520 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/rudderstack/android/sdk/core/Constants.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/rudderstack/android/sdk/core/Constants.java
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@ class Constants {
     // whether we should record screen views automatically
     static final boolean RECORD_SCREEN_VIEWS = false;
     // current version of the library
-    static final String RUDDER_LIBRARY_VERSION = "1.6.0";
+    static final String RUDDER_LIBRARY_VERSION = "1.6.1";
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/rudderstack/android/sdk/core/RudderLibraryInfo.java b/core/src/main/java/com/rudderstack/android/sdk/core/RudderLibraryInfo.java
index 27c27565e..e6048bc22 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/rudderstack/android/sdk/core/RudderLibraryInfo.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/rudderstack/android/sdk/core/RudderLibraryInfo.java
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ class RudderLibraryInfo {
     @SerializedName("name")
     private String name = BuildConfig.LIBRARY_PACKAGE_NAME;
     @SerializedName("version")
-    private String version = "1.6.0";
+    private String version = "1.6.1";
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/core/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e6f0701f..000000000
--- a/core/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-<resources>
-    <string name="app_name">RudderAndroidSdkCore</string>
-</resources>