diff --git a/python-redfish.changes b/python-redfish.changes
index 203b913..137b911 100644
--- a/python-redfish.changes
+++ b/python-redfish.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jun 17 21:18:17 UTC 2022 - Yogalakshmi Arunachalam <yarunachalam@suse.com>
+
+- Update to 3.1.6: 
+  * Fixed issue where the 'read' method on response objects always return strings
+  * Modified query parameter encoding to not percent-encode characters allowed in query strings per RFC3986
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Apr 13 02:13:23 UTC 2022 - Steve Kowalik <steven.kowalik@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-redfish.spec b/python-redfish.spec
index c9f6044..f2188ee 100644
--- a/python-redfish.spec
+++ b/python-redfish.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 Name:           python-redfish
-Version:        3.1.5
+Version:        3.1.6
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Redfish Python Library
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
diff --git a/redfish-3.1.5.tar.gz b/redfish-3.1.5.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 9fd5cf3..0000000
--- a/redfish-3.1.5.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:c75d53e6543ecc1f8d7105506eec789c547313fe279502fc3d890d5449c3bf39
-size 41586
diff --git a/redfish-3.1.6.tar.gz b/redfish-3.1.6.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fd89e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/redfish-3.1.6.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:1ec31d997caed03bc1730944a3744c58ca978385b0d76f884e1fb2b0d37f4e89
+size 41910