diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 7deae33..59565e8 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.6.0"
+  ".": "1.6.1"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5c585a4..f4b626d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.6.1 (2026-08-13)
+
+Full Changelog: [v1.6.0...v1.6.1](https://github.com/groq/groq-python/compare/v1.6.0...v1.6.1)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* GitHub Terraform: Create/Update .github/workflows/stale.yaml [skip ci] ([26fdd4f](https://github.com/groq/groq-python/commit/26fdd4f0017592489aec95171e2ee47d4b6c4567))
+* GitHub Terraform: Create/Update .github/workflows/stale.yaml [skip ci] ([01f00ea](https://github.com/groq/groq-python/commit/01f00ea3a502f2ad8acc9a7b915c65a5273b1750))
+
+
+### Chores
+
+* GitHub Terraform: Create/Update .github/workflows/code-freeze-bypass.yaml [skip ci] ([85b6cce](https://github.com/groq/groq-python/commit/85b6cce1de4711e4051428bbab3a0450981d8c36))
+
 ## 1.6.0 (2026-07-18)
 
 Full Changelog: [v1.5.0...v1.6.0](https://github.com/groq/groq-python/compare/v1.5.0...v1.6.0)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 54e156d..2eff8a9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "groq"
-version = "1.6.0"
+version = "1.6.1"
 description = "The official Python library for the groq API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/groq/_version.py b/src/groq/_version.py
index 302c459..701c6c4 100644
--- a/src/groq/_version.py
+++ b/src/groq/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "groq"
-__version__ = "1.6.0"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "1.6.1"  # x-release-please-version