diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 85eacfe..77d1f48 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,32 @@
+v1.6.3 | Sep 01 2018:
+[Fix] ensure clamscan_max_filesize is always set; pr #296
+[Fix] remove escaping from inotifywait exclude regexp; pr #246 issue #205
+[Fix] always set a value for monitor mode systemd unit; pr #257
+[Fix] quar_get_filestat variable collisions during restore operations
+[Fix] quarantine files could be prematurely deleted, during 'cron.daily/maldet', on distributions where the 'mv' command
+      preserves origin file mtime; call 'touch' on quarantined files to set current mtime post-move to quarantine path; issue #294
+[Fix] update tlog inotify tracking file before trimming to prevent rescan loop; pr #292
+[Fix] revert pruning empty lines from signature files to 1.6.1 behavior
+[Fix] usage semantics of cd'ing to a wildcard path on newer versions of Bash were causing version updates to fail; we now explicitly
+      'cd' to maldetect-${upstreamver}
+[Fix] spelling corrections; pr# 269
+[Change] update	importconf text to reflect monitor mode	on systemd behavior
+[Change] on restore actions, reset restored files to original mtime value
+[Change] increase default remote_uri timeout from 10s to 30s
+[Change] increase default remote_uri tries from 3 to 4
+[Change] added base_domain variable to internals.conf
+[Change] cleanup .tgz/.md5 files on version updates mid-flight to prevent potential 'cd: too many arguments' errors
+[Change] trim inotify log from beginning instead of end	of file; pr #292
+[Change] user mode scanning no longer scans system temporary paths; issue #283
+[Change] stage v1.6.3 release; update version and date stamps
+[Kudos] Thank you to those that contributed pull requests and issues during this release cycle. PR contributions from:
+        sporks5000
+        jsoref
+        Joshua-Snapp
+        mkubenka
+        jkronza
+        AnnopAlias
+
 v1.6.2 | Jul 13 2017:
 [Fix] signature updates using get_remote_file() would incorrect write temporary update files into /; issue #242
 [Fix] added 'which curl' and 'which wget' for variable scoping of binary locations into internals.conf; issue #237
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.RELEASE b/CHANGELOG.RELEASE
index 640ca63..c4f4f9f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.RELEASE
+++ b/CHANGELOG.RELEASE
@@ -1,3 +1,32 @@
+v1.6.3 | Sep 01 2018:
+[Fix] ensure clamscan_max_filesize is always set; pr #296
+[Fix] remove escaping from inotifywait exclude regexp; pr #246 issue #205
+[Fix] always set a value for monitor mode systemd unit; pr #257
+[Fix] quar_get_filestat variable collisions during restore operations
+[Fix] quarantine files could be prematurely deleted, during 'cron.daily/maldet', on distributions where the 'mv' command
+      preserves origin file mtime; call 'touch' on quarantined files to set current mtime post-move to quarantine path; issue #294
+[Fix] update tlog inotify tracking file before trimming to prevent rescan loop; pr #292
+[Fix] revert pruning empty lines from signature files to 1.6.1 behavior
+[Fix] usage semantics of cd'ing to a wildcard path on newer versions of Bash were causing version updates to fail; we now explicitly
+      'cd' to maldetect-${upstreamver}
+[Fix] spelling corrections; pr# 269
+[Change] update importconf text to reflect monitor mode on systemd behavior
+[Change] on restore actions, reset restored files to original mtime value
+[Change] increase default remote_uri timeout from 10s to 30s
+[Change] increase default remote_uri tries from 3 to 4
+[Change] added base_domain variable to internals.conf
+[Change] cleanup .tgz/.md5 files on version updates mid-flight to prevent potential 'cd: too many arguments' errors
+[Change] trim inotify log from beginning instead of end of file; pr #292
+[Change] user mode scanning no longer scans system temporary paths; issue #283
+[Change] stage v1.6.3 release; update version and date stamps
+[Kudos] Thank you to those that contributed pull requests and issues during this release cycle. PR contributions from:
+        sporks5000
+        jsoref
+        Joshua-Snapp
+        mkubenka
+        jkronza
+        AnnopAlias
+
 v1.6.2 | Jul 13 2017:
 [Fix] signature updates using get_remote_file() would incorrect write temporary update files into /; issue #242
 [Fix] added 'which curl' and 'which wget' for variable scoping of binary locations into internals.conf; issue #237