diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 50e5b1da..ae665338 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## v1.6.3 2014-02-19
+
+ * relax CLDR and Handlebars dependencies via the `^` operator
+
 ## v1.6.2 2014-02-19
 
  * relax Ember dependency to ">0.9.7 <2"
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index fdd3be6d..266146b8 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.6.2
+1.6.3
diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index a0fd67aa..3d226b4f 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ember-i18n",
-  "version": "1.6.2",
+  "version": "1.6.3",
   "description": "I18n support for Ember.js",
   "main": [ "lib/i18n.js" ],
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 27b8fa24..03c5bde2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ember-i18n",
-  "version": "1.6.1",
+  "version": "1.6.3",
   "licence": "APLv2",
   "description": "Internationalization for Ember",
   "keywords": [