diff --git a/docs/docs/user/changelog.md b/docs/docs/user/changelog.md
index 4d6909f1d..ac88d6bf6 100644
--- a/docs/docs/user/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/docs/user/changelog.md
@@ -1,4 +1,22 @@
 # Changelog
+## [6.1.0](https://github.com/bakdata/kpops/releases/tag/6.1.0) - Release Date: [2024-07-09]
+
+### 🚀 Features
+
+- Add image tag field to streams-bootstrap app values - [#499](https://github.com/bakdata/kpops/pull/499)
+
+- Delete ignored keys from diff - [#510](https://github.com/bakdata/kpops/pull/510)
+
+
+### 🏭 Refactor
+
+- Improve dataclass instance check - [#507](https://github.com/bakdata/kpops/pull/507)
+
+
+
+
+
+
 ## [6.0.2](https://github.com/bakdata/kpops/releases/tag/6.0.2) - Release Date: [2024-07-04]
 
 ### 📝 Documentation
diff --git a/kpops/__init__.py b/kpops/__init__.py
index 22aebfa50..6aa79f94f 100644
--- a/kpops/__init__.py
+++ b/kpops/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "6.0.2"
+__version__ = "6.1.0"
 
 # export public API functions
 from kpops.api import clean, deploy, destroy, generate, init, manifest, reset
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f84f7a43e..e8bb14707 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "kpops"
-version = "6.0.2"
+version = "6.1.0"
 description = "KPOps is a tool to deploy Kafka pipelines to Kubernetes"
 authors = ["bakdata <opensource@bakdata.com>"]
 license = "MIT"