diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 80285d9..105c9d4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [unreleased](https://github.com/mllam/mllam-data-prep/compare/v0.6.0...HEAD)
+## [v0.6.1](https://github.com/mllam/mllam-data-prep/release/tag/v0.6.1)
+
+[All changes](https://github.com/mllam/mllam-data-prep/compare/v0.6.1...v0.6.0)
+
+This release contains bugfixes to update tests to use newer version of pre-commit, use correct python version, and remove uses of incompatible typing notation.
 
 ### Fixes
 - use old union typing notation compatible with all required python versions [\#77](https://github.com/mllam/mllam-data-prep/pull/77) @SimonKamuk
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2d04e51..9778172 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "mllam-data-prep"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.6.1"
 description = "dataset preparation for data-driven weather models"
 authors = [
     {name = "Leif Denby", email = "lcd@dmi.dk"},
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ authors = [
     {name = "Kashif Rasul", email = "kashif.rasul@gmail.com"},
     {name = "Jordan Matelsky", email = "opensource@matelsky.com"},
     {name = "Martin Frølund", email = "maf@dmi.dk"},
+    {name = "Simon Kamuk Christiansen", email = "skc@dmi.dk"},
 ]
 dependencies = [
     "xarray>=2024.2.0",