diff --git a/fhem/CHANGED b/fhem/CHANGED
index 45bdbb070..4fbdbd43b 100644
--- a/fhem/CHANGED
+++ b/fhem/CHANGED
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Add changes at the top of the list. Keep it in ASCII, and 80-char wide.
 # Do not insert empty lines here, update check depends on it.
+ - feature: 6.2 released
+
+- 2023-01-14 (6.2)
  - feature: 76_SMAInverter: crypt Password
                             add new Reading SPOT_EPVTOTAL / SPOT_EPVTODAY
                             add new Reading BAT_UNLOADTODAY / BAT_UNLOADTOTAL,
@@ -368,7 +371,7 @@
  - bugfix:  73_km200: Allowing port behind IP address
  - feature: 6.1 released
 
-1- 2021-11-07 (6.1)
+- 2021-11-07 (6.1)
  - change:  20_OWFS: Move to deprecated
  - change:  21_OWTEMP: Move to deprecated
  - change:  49_SSCam: set compability to SVS 8.2.10
diff --git a/fhem/Makefile b/fhem/Makefile
index e823085dc..d4d0df378 100644
--- a/fhem/Makefile
+++ b/fhem/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # $Id$
 
-VERS=6.1
-DATE=2021-11-26
+VERS=6.2
+DATE=2023-01-14
 
 # used for nightly build
 DATEN=$(shell date +"%Y-%m-%d")
diff --git a/fhem/UPGRADE b/fhem/UPGRADE
index 4457342ed..0f1130e7b 100644
--- a/fhem/UPGRADE
+++ b/fhem/UPGRADE
@@ -53,5 +53,5 @@ enable the old feature.
     20_OWFS (=> OWServer, or OWX)
     21_OWTEMP (=> OWDevice)
 
--  (6.2) 
+- 2023-01-14 (6.2) 
   - MQTT2_SERVER: respectRetain is 0 (i.e. false) by default from now on.
diff --git a/fhem/docs/fhem.html b/fhem/docs/fhem.html
index c0a109cab..6b06e8797 100644
--- a/fhem/docs/fhem.html
+++ b/fhem/docs/fhem.html
@@ -232,10 +232,10 @@
     <a name="Download"></a>
     <h3>Download</h3>
     <ul>
-      Last released version: (as of 2021-11-07): 
-      <a href="http://fhem.de/fhem-6.1.tar.gz">fhem-6.1.tar.gz</a>,
-      <a href="http://fhem.de/fhem-6.1.zip">fhem-6.1.zip</a>,
-      <a href="http://fhem.de/fhem-6.1.deb">fhem-6.1.deb</a>,
+      Last released version: (as of 2023-01-14): 
+      <a href="http://fhem.de/fhem-6.2.tar.gz">fhem-6.2.tar.gz</a>,
+      <a href="http://fhem.de/fhem-6.2.zip">fhem-6.2.zip</a>,
+      <a href="http://fhem.de/fhem-6.2.deb">fhem-6.2.deb</a>,
       <br>
       See the <a href="CHANGED">CHANGED</a> file for the change history or the 
       <a href="SVNLOG">svn log</a> for a more detailed log.<br><br>
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
     <ul>
     <h4>Debian/Ubuntu/Raspbian</h4>
     <ul>
-      <li>Install <a href="http://fhem.de/fhem-6.1.deb">this</a> package.
+      <li>Install <a href="http://fhem.de/fhem-6.2.deb">this</a> package.
       For a better integration check out <a
       href="http://debian.fhem.de/">debian.fhem.de</a>
     </ul>
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
           Device::SerialPort perl module, install it with "sudo cpan
           Device::SerialPort" or "apt-get install libdevice-serialport-perl".
           </li>
-      <li>Download the <a href="http://fhem.de/fhem-6.1.tar.gz">
+      <li>Download the <a href="http://fhem.de/fhem-6.2.tar.gz">
           .tar.gz</a> package, unpack it, and change to the unpacked directory.
       <li>start FHEM directly from this directory (perl fhem.pl fhem.cfg).
     </ul>
diff --git a/fhem/fhem.pl b/fhem/fhem.pl
index 4bcc65f0e..e5d1c57df 100755
--- a/fhem/fhem.pl
+++ b/fhem/fhem.pl
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ my $readytimeout = ($^O eq "MSWin32") ? 0.1 : 5.0;
 
 $init_done = 0;
 $lastDefChange = 0;
-$featurelevel = 6.1; # see also GlobalAttr
+$featurelevel = 6.2; # see also GlobalAttr
 $numCPUs = `grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo 2>&1` if($^O eq "linux");
 $numCPUs = ($numCPUs && $numCPUs =~ m/(\d+)/ ? $1 : 1);
 
@@ -2918,7 +2918,7 @@ GlobalAttr($$$$)
   if($type eq "del") {
     my %noDel = ( modpath=>1, verbose=>1, logfile=>1, configfile=>1, encoding=>1 );
     return "The global attribute $name cannot be deleted" if($noDel{$name});
-    $featurelevel = 6.1 if($name eq "featurelevel");
+    $featurelevel = 6.2 if($name eq "featurelevel");
     $haveInet6    = 0   if($name eq "useInet6"); # IPv6
     delete($defs{global}{ignoreRegexpObj}) if($name eq "ignoreRegexp");
     return undef;