diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d79094a..537fcd3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+# v1.6.1
+
+Released 2022-03-23
+
+- include `rsync` binary in docker image (see #166)
+- minor improvements to logging
+- bump deps
+
 # v1.6.0
 
 Released 2022-03-16
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8e3bfcf..0b045c5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ COPY --from=build /usr/local/lib/nodejs/bin/node /usr/local/bin/node
 # netbase is required by rpcbind/rpcinfo to work properly
 # /etc/{services,rpc} are required
 RUN apt-get update && \
-        apt-get install -y netbase socat e2fsprogs xfsprogs btrfs-progs fatresize dosfstools nfs-common cifs-utils sudo && \
+        apt-get install -y netbase socat e2fsprogs xfsprogs btrfs-progs fatresize dosfstools nfs-common cifs-utils sudo rsync && \
         rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # controller requirements
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 409a020..8a8ccd8 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
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+  "version": "1.6.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
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-      "version": "1.6.0",
+      "version": "1.6.1",
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+        "minimist": "^1.2.6"
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9dc1599..79854a5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "democratic-csi",
-  "version": "1.6.0",
+  "version": "1.6.1",
   "description": "kubernetes csi driver framework",
   "main": "bin/democratic-csi",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src/driver/freenas/http/api.js b/src/driver/freenas/http/api.js
index 78db642..594887f 100644
--- a/src/driver/freenas/http/api.js
+++ b/src/driver/freenas/http/api.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const { sleep } = require("../../../utils/general");
+const { sleep, stringify } = require("../../../utils/general");
 const { Zetabyte } = require("../../../utils/zfs");
 
 // used for in-memory cache of the version info
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ class Api {
     // likely bad creds/url
     throw new GrpcError(
       grpc.status.UNKNOWN,
-      `FreeNAS error getting system version info: ${JSON.stringify({
+      `FreeNAS error getting system version info: ${stringify({
         errors: versionErrors,
         responses: versionResponses,
       })}`
diff --git a/src/driver/freenas/ssh.js b/src/driver/freenas/ssh.js
index f9b0e98..29eddf8 100644
--- a/src/driver/freenas/ssh.js
+++ b/src/driver/freenas/ssh.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const { GrpcError, grpc } = require("../../utils/grpc");
 const SshClient = require("../../utils/ssh").SshClient;
 const HttpClient = require("./http").Client;
 const { Zetabyte, ZfsSshProcessManager } = require("../../utils/zfs");
-const sleep = require("../../utils/general").sleep;
+const { sleep, stringify } = require("../../utils/general");
 
 const Handlebars = require("handlebars");
 
@@ -2109,7 +2109,7 @@ class FreeNASSshDriver extends ControllerZfsBaseDriver {
     // likely bad creds/url
     throw new GrpcError(
       grpc.status.UNKNOWN,
-      `FreeNAS error getting system version info: ${JSON.stringify({
+      `FreeNAS error getting system version info: ${stringify({
         errors: versionErrors,
         responses: versionResponses,
       })}`