diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2c8572b..fa188bc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ Note: These changes are not considered notable:
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [6.1.0] - 2025-01-21
+### Added
+- standardised client identification headers (#224)
+
+
 ## [6.0.10] - 2024-12-19
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed an edge case issue where the client was failing to send metrics after 10 minutes of not having metrics (#219)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9586039..ccce9ae 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Ruby client for the [Unleash](https://github.com/Unleash/unleash) feature manage
 Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
 
 ```ruby
-gem 'unleash', '~> 6.0.10'
+gem 'unleash', '~> 6.1.0'
 ```
 
 And then execute:
diff --git a/lib/unleash/version.rb b/lib/unleash/version.rb
index 8978aaa..ac2df89 100644
--- a/lib/unleash/version.rb
+++ b/lib/unleash/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Unleash
-  VERSION = "6.0.10".freeze
+  VERSION = "6.1.0".freeze
 end