diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index bcd0522..5d02000 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.6.0"
+  ".": "0.6.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7a7ff02..5682176 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.6.1 (2026-07-24)
+
+Full Changelog: [v0.6.0...v0.6.1](https://github.com/Xquik-dev/x-twitter-scraper-typescript/compare/v0.6.0...v0.6.1)
+
+### Chores
+
+* add per-file license evidence ([f212f91](https://github.com/Xquik-dev/x-twitter-scraper-typescript/commit/f212f915fc75595d1f404bd65abb8a189ea1ba4e))
+* enforce OpenSSF Gold quality gates ([a89c2b2](https://github.com/Xquik-dev/x-twitter-scraper-typescript/commit/a89c2b2d1ad3ffc0286d14506986525559bba7d7))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* clarify repository discovery ([4d847a9](https://github.com/Xquik-dev/x-twitter-scraper-typescript/commit/4d847a9dfdc07433cca2ee584e0d118091c4ac3c))
+
 ## 0.6.0 (2026-07-23)
 
 Full Changelog: [v0.5.2...v0.6.0](https://github.com/Xquik-dev/x-twitter-scraper-typescript/compare/v0.5.2...v0.6.0)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ce5b869..2a7217d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "x-twitter-scraper",
-  "version": "0.6.0",
+  "version": "0.6.1",
   "description": "Xquik TypeScript SDK & agent Skills for X/Twitter data, automation, MCP & webhooks. Not affiliated with X Corp.",
   "author": "Xquik <support@xquik.com>",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/src/version.ts b/src/version.ts
index c4bf72e..0ba2268 100644
--- a/src/version.ts
+++ b/src/version.ts
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-export const VERSION = '0.6.0'; // x-release-please-version
+export const VERSION = '0.6.1'; // x-release-please-version