diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+1.6.1
+
+* [Fix typos in error messages](https://github.com/dhall-lang/dhall-haskell/pull/1595)
+
 1.6.0
 
 * BREAKING CHANGE: [Move `HsYAML` code to a new `dhall-yaml` package](https://github.com/dhall-lang/dhall-haskell/pull/1514)
diff --git a/dhall-json.cabal b/dhall-json.cabal
--- a/dhall-json.cabal
+++ b/dhall-json.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: dhall-json
-Version: 1.6.0
+Version: 1.6.1
 Cabal-Version: >=1.8.0.2
 Build-Type: Simple
 Tested-With: GHC == 7.10.3, GHC == 8.4.3, GHC == 8.6.1
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         aeson-yaml                >= 1.0.5    && < 1.1 ,
         bytestring                               < 0.11,
         containers                                     ,
-        dhall                     >= 1.28.0   && < 1.29,
+        dhall                     >= 1.28.0   && < 1.30,
         exceptions                >= 0.8.3    && < 0.11,
         filepath                                 < 1.5 ,
         optparse-applicative      >= 0.14.0.0 && < 0.16,
diff --git a/src/Dhall/JSONToDhall.hs b/src/Dhall/JSONToDhall.hs
--- a/src/Dhall/JSONToDhall.hs
+++ b/src/Dhall/JSONToDhall.hs
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
 
 >>> typeCheckSchemaExpr id =<< resolveSchemaExpr "+1"
 *** Exception:
-Error: Schema expression is succesfully parsed but has Dhall type:
+Error: Schema expression is successfully parsed but has Dhall type:
 Integer
 Expected Dhall type: Type
 Parsed expression: +1
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@
     TypeError e -> show e
 
     BadDhallType t e -> prefix
-      <> "Schema expression is succesfully parsed but has Dhall type:\n"
+      <> "Schema expression is successfully parsed but has Dhall type:\n"
       <> showExpr t <> "\nExpected Dhall type: Type"
       <> "\nParsed expression: "
       <> showExpr e <> "\n"