diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4298915a309..5deb6a8d9b9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.6.1] - 2020-09-23
+
+### Fixed
+- **Utilities**: Fix issue with boolean values in DynamoDB stream event data class.
+
 ## [1.6.0] - 2020-09-22
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/aws_lambda_powertools/utilities/data_classes/dynamo_db_stream_event.py b/aws_lambda_powertools/utilities/data_classes/dynamo_db_stream_event.py
index db581ceaf7d..bc3a4a82995 100644
--- a/aws_lambda_powertools/utilities/data_classes/dynamo_db_stream_event.py
+++ b/aws_lambda_powertools/utilities/data_classes/dynamo_db_stream_event.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def bool_value(self) -> Optional[bool]:
         Example:
             >>> {"BOOL": True}
         """
-        item = self.get("bool")
+        item = self.get("BOOL")
         return None if item is None else bool(item)
 
     @property
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 803b200a0c9..78f501c9227 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "aws_lambda_powertools"
-version = "1.6.0"
+version = "1.6.1"
 description = "Python utilities for AWS Lambda functions including but not limited to tracing, logging and custom metric"
 authors = ["Amazon Web Services"]
 classifiers=[