diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d13726a8..7ce0f911 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [2016-1-9]
 ### Changed
+- Upgraded django-exteions to 1.6.1 as it fixes a [JSONField bug](https://github.com/django-extensions/django-extensions/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#161) (@burhan)
 - Upgraded Pillow to version 3.1.0 ([upstream changelog](https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/blob/master/CHANGES.rst#310-2016-01-04)) (@burhan)
 - Upgraded django to 1.9.1 to integrate various [bugfixes](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/releases/1.9.1/) (@burhan)
 - Upgraded django-crispy-forms to 1.6 for [BS4 and django 1.9 compatibility fixes](https://github.com/maraujop/django-crispy-forms/blob/dev/CHANGELOG.md#160-201617) (@burhan)
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements/local.txt
index d0e65d51..9ee0b1b3 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 coverage==4.0.3
 django_coverage_plugin==1.1
 Sphinx
-django-extensions==1.5.9
+django-extensions==1.6.1
 Werkzeug==0.11.2
 django-test-plus==1.0.11
 factory_boy==2.6.0