diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index b8e2333..71e6b79 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
     "app": "0.0.0",
-    ".": "1.6.1"
+    ".": "1.6.2"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 54120ff..42390e7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.6.2](https://github.com/hackclub/hackatime-desktop/compare/app-v1.6.1...app-v1.6.2) (2025-10-09)
+
+
+### 🐛 Bugfixes
+
+* resolve sentry error reports and improve data validation ([8171e05](https://github.com/hackclub/hackatime-desktop/commit/8171e059ae52aefa180c9c295ab71ba23c3e111f))
+
 ## [1.6.1](https://github.com/hackclub/hackatime-desktop/compare/app-v1.6.0...app-v1.6.1) (2025-10-09)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a9d77f8..e0e4bd6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "desktop",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "1.6.1",
+  "version": "1.6.2",
   "type": "module",
   "packageManager": "pnpm@10.18.0",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index 1acb6b1..c0f2352 100644
--- a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://schema.tauri.app/config/2",
   "productName": "Hackatime Desktop",
-  "version": "1.6.1",
+  "version": "1.6.2",
   "identifier": "com.hackclub.hackatime",
   "build": {
     "beforeDevCommand": "pnpm dev",