diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5a1babaf4c..cd8c335a93 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## v1.6.2-rc1
+## v1.6.2
 * Bug - [Add WithNoProxy to ignore proxies in gRPC connections when using unix sockets](https://github.com/aws/amazon-vpc-cni-k8s/pull/980) (#980, @nithu0115)
 * Improvement - [Fix order of file copies in entrypoint.sh](https://github.com/aws/amazon-vpc-cni-k8s/pull/935) (#935, @dthorsen)
 * Improvement - [Check all errors and log appropriately](https://github.com/aws/amazon-vpc-cni-k8s/pull/939) (#939, @mogren)
diff --git a/config/v1.6/aws-k8s-cni-cn.yaml b/config/v1.6/aws-k8s-cni-cn.yaml
index 7041cb9feb..6563963b92 100644
--- a/config/v1.6/aws-k8s-cni-cn.yaml
+++ b/config/v1.6/aws-k8s-cni-cn.yaml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ spec:
       tolerations:
         - operator: Exists
       containers:
-        - image: 961992271922.dkr.ecr.cn-northwest-1.amazonaws.com.cn/amazon-k8s-cni:v1.6.1
+        - image: 961992271922.dkr.ecr.cn-northwest-1.amazonaws.com.cn/amazon-k8s-cni:v1.6.2
           imagePullPolicy: Always
           ports:
             - containerPort: 61678
diff --git a/config/v1.6/aws-k8s-cni-us-gov-east-1.yaml b/config/v1.6/aws-k8s-cni-us-gov-east-1.yaml
index b5aec5b332..ac88ada2ca 100644
--- a/config/v1.6/aws-k8s-cni-us-gov-east-1.yaml
+++ b/config/v1.6/aws-k8s-cni-us-gov-east-1.yaml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ spec:
       tolerations:
         - operator: Exists
       containers:
-        - image: 151742754352.dkr.ecr.us-gov-east-1.amazonaws.com/amazon-k8s-cni:v1.6.1
+        - image: 151742754352.dkr.ecr.us-gov-east-1.amazonaws.com/amazon-k8s-cni:v1.6.2
           imagePullPolicy: Always
           ports:
             - containerPort: 61678
diff --git a/config/v1.6/aws-k8s-cni-us-gov-west-1.yaml b/config/v1.6/aws-k8s-cni-us-gov-west-1.yaml
index 266b035937..0348db98aa 100644
--- a/config/v1.6/aws-k8s-cni-us-gov-west-1.yaml
+++ b/config/v1.6/aws-k8s-cni-us-gov-west-1.yaml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ spec:
       tolerations:
         - operator: Exists
       containers:
-        - image: 013241004608.dkr.ecr.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/amazon-k8s-cni:v1.6.1
+        - image: 013241004608.dkr.ecr.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/amazon-k8s-cni:v1.6.2
           imagePullPolicy: Always
           ports:
             - containerPort: 61678
diff --git a/config/v1.6/aws-k8s-cni.yaml b/config/v1.6/aws-k8s-cni.yaml
index 3eb0df3a4c..a82d22894d 100644
--- a/config/v1.6/aws-k8s-cni.yaml
+++ b/config/v1.6/aws-k8s-cni.yaml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ spec:
       tolerations:
         - operator: Exists
       containers:
-        - image: 602401143452.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/amazon-k8s-cni:v1.6.2-rc1
+        - image: 602401143452.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/amazon-k8s-cni:v1.6.2
           imagePullPolicy: Always
           ports:
             - containerPort: 61678
diff --git a/config/v1.6/cni-metrics-helper-cn.yaml b/config/v1.6/cni-metrics-helper-cn.yaml
index 508b178ba5..e855188057 100644
--- a/config/v1.6/cni-metrics-helper-cn.yaml
+++ b/config/v1.6/cni-metrics-helper-cn.yaml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: cni-metrics-helper
       containers:
-      - image: 961992271922.dkr.ecr.cn-northwest-1.amazonaws.com.cn/cni-metrics-helper:v1.6.1
+      - image: 961992271922.dkr.ecr.cn-northwest-1.amazonaws.com.cn/cni-metrics-helper:v1.6.2
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: cni-metrics-helper
         env:
diff --git a/config/v1.6/cni-metrics-helper-us-east-1.yaml b/config/v1.6/cni-metrics-helper-us-east-1.yaml
index 3640d402a1..3c0f3c5666 100644
--- a/config/v1.6/cni-metrics-helper-us-east-1.yaml
+++ b/config/v1.6/cni-metrics-helper-us-east-1.yaml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: cni-metrics-helper
       containers:
-      - image: 151742754352.dkr.ecr.us-gov-east-1.amazonaws.com/cni-metrics-helper:v1.6.1
+      - image: 151742754352.dkr.ecr.us-gov-east-1.amazonaws.com/cni-metrics-helper:v1.6.2
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: cni-metrics-helper
         env:
diff --git a/config/v1.6/cni-metrics-helper-us-gov-west-1.yaml b/config/v1.6/cni-metrics-helper-us-gov-west-1.yaml
index 49450512fd..f8932da4a2 100644
--- a/config/v1.6/cni-metrics-helper-us-gov-west-1.yaml
+++ b/config/v1.6/cni-metrics-helper-us-gov-west-1.yaml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: cni-metrics-helper
       containers:
-      - image: 013241004608.dkr.ecr.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/cni-metrics-helper:v1.6.1
+      - image: 013241004608.dkr.ecr.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/cni-metrics-helper:v1.6.2
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: cni-metrics-helper
         env:
diff --git a/config/v1.6/cni-metrics-helper.yaml b/config/v1.6/cni-metrics-helper.yaml
index b864c6020d..dd08bac467 100644
--- a/config/v1.6/cni-metrics-helper.yaml
+++ b/config/v1.6/cni-metrics-helper.yaml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: cni-metrics-helper
       containers:
-      - image: 602401143452.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/cni-metrics-helper:v1.6.2-rc1
+      - image: 602401143452.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/cni-metrics-helper:v1.6.2
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: cni-metrics-helper
         env:
diff --git a/scripts/run-integration-tests.sh b/scripts/run-integration-tests.sh
index bbb19b1d40..a752b755d0 100755
--- a/scripts/run-integration-tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/run-integration-tests.sh
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ KUBECTL_PATH=${KUBECTL_PATH:-$TESTER_DIR/kubectl}
 LOCAL_GIT_VERSION=$(git describe --tags --always --dirty)
 # The stable image version is the image tag used in the latest stable
 # aws-k8s-cni.yaml manifest
-STABLE_IMAGE_VERSION=${STABLE_IMAGE_VERSION:-v1.6.1}
+STABLE_IMAGE_VERSION=${STABLE_IMAGE_VERSION:-v1.6.2}
 TEST_IMAGE_VERSION=${IMAGE_VERSION:-$LOCAL_GIT_VERSION}
 # The CNI version we will start our k8s clusters with. We will then perform an
 # upgrade from this CNI to the CNI being tested (TEST_IMAGE_VERSION)