diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yaml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yaml
index 594f23f9a..16182af64 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yaml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ body:
     attributes:
       label: NetBox version
       description: What version of NetBox are you currently running?
-      placeholder: v3.1.5
+      placeholder: v3.1.6
     validations:
       required: true
   - type: dropdown
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yaml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yaml
index b1193ae02..0be999b16 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yaml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ body:
     attributes:
       label: NetBox version
       description: What version of NetBox are you currently running?
-      placeholder: v3.1.5
+      placeholder: v3.1.6
     validations:
       required: true
   - type: dropdown
diff --git a/base_requirements.txt b/base_requirements.txt
index cbc893aa9..aaa9c7f44 100644
--- a/base_requirements.txt
+++ b/base_requirements.txt
@@ -98,10 +98,6 @@ psycopg2-binary
 # https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml
 PyYAML
 
-# In-memory key/value store used for caching and queuing
-# https://github.com/andymccurdy/redis-py
-redis
-
 # Social authentication framework
 # https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-core
 social-auth-core[all]
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/version-3.1.md b/docs/release-notes/version-3.1.md
index 7c6377ea8..88a6da77f 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/version-3.1.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/version-3.1.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # NetBox v3.1
 
-## v3.1.6 (FUTURE)
+## v3.1.6 (2022-01-17)
 
 ### Enhancements
 
diff --git a/netbox/netbox/settings.py b/netbox/netbox/settings.py
index 5bcc98d1c..ff767b4d8 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/settings.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from netbox.config import PARAMS
 # Environment setup
 #
 
-VERSION = '3.1.6-dev'
+VERSION = '3.1.6'
 
 # Hostname
 HOSTNAME = platform.node()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e0148e74e..83c1b9f2e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Django==3.2.11
-django-cors-headers==3.10.1
+django-cors-headers==3.11.0
 django-debug-toolbar==3.2.4
 django-filter==21.1
 django-graphiql-debug-toolbar==0.2.0
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ django-redis==5.2.0
 django-rq==2.5.1
 django-tables2==2.4.1
 django-taggit==2.0.0
-django-timezone-field==4.2.1
+django-timezone-field==4.2.3
 djangorestframework==3.12.4
 drf-yasg[validation]==1.20.0
 graphene_django==2.15.0
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ gunicorn==20.1.0
 Jinja2==3.0.3
 Markdown==3.3.6
 markdown-include==0.6.0
-mkdocs-material==8.1.4
+mkdocs-material==8.1.7
 netaddr==0.8.0
 Pillow==8.4.0
 psycopg2-binary==2.9.3