diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 70fbe25..d63d575 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "6.0.0"
+    ".": "6.1.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1bbc8f1..9630e3f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [6.1.0](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith-python-client/compare/v6.0.0...v6.1.0) (2026-07-14)
+
+### Features
+
+- add analytics_url to send flag analytics to a different host
+  ([#215](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith-python-client/issues/215))
+  ([2da1a5e](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith-python-client/commit/2da1a5ec79d309e7789aef681d56479baf335496))
+
+### CI
+
+- pre-commit autoupdate ([#230](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith-python-client/issues/230))
+  ([896390d](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith-python-client/commit/896390dcae3352bb429ba89ddc9a79572d0d60b7))
+
 ## [6.0.0](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith-python-client/compare/v5.5.0...v6.0.0) (2026-06-26)
 
 ### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1e92556..8f913c8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "flagsmith"
-version = "6.0.0"
+version = "6.1.0"
 description = "Flagsmith Python SDK"
 authors = ["Flagsmith <support@flagsmith.com>"]
 license = "BSD3"