diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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+# Change log for django-plotly-dash
+
+All notable changes should be documented in this file.
+
+## [1.6.1] - 2021-02-06
+
+Added a stub for `use_dash_dispatch` for backwards compatibility.
+
+[PR](https://github.com/GibbsConsulting/django-plotly-dash/pull/320)
+
+Handle state management for wildcard arguments.
+
+https://github.com/GibbsConsulting/django-plotly-dash/pull/316
+
+Enable forwarding of extra arguments to DjangoDash constructor
+
+https://github.com/GibbsConsulting/django-plotly-dash/pull/312
+
diff --git a/django_plotly_dash/dash_wrapper.py b/django_plotly_dash/dash_wrapper.py
index fd59aad913b8cf58942abc96c030eb08d484f259..ff0d9793d28368dc5730e0720017b9d9d5b151e9 100644
--- a/django_plotly_dash/dash_wrapper.py
+++ b/django_plotly_dash/dash_wrapper.py
@@ -435,6 +435,15 @@ class WrappedDash(Dash):
 
         self._return_embedded = False
 
+    def use_dash_dispatch(self):
+        """Return True if underlying dash dispatching should be used.
+
+        This stub is present to allow older code to work. Following PR #304
+        (see https://github.com/GibbsConsulting/django-plotly-dash/pull/304/files for
+        details) this function is no longer needed and therefore should always
+        return False"""
+        return False
+
     def use_dash_layout(self):
         '''
         Indicate if the underlying dash layout can be used.
diff --git a/django_plotly_dash/version.py b/django_plotly_dash/version.py
index 945e00e0e78d3a384895e353c52c0550dea3039c..6ff38c3a87f94a29000a60d8cfa06a7e9da28d25 100644
--- a/django_plotly_dash/version.py
+++ b/django_plotly_dash/version.py
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ SOFTWARE.
 
 '''
 
-__version__ = "1.6.0"
+__version__ = "1.6.1"