diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index b0d08eb..45a9970 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v0.6.0-dev
\ No newline at end of file
+v0.6.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/quota-operator/Chart.yaml b/charts/quota-operator/Chart.yaml
index d96d773..2849ec5 100644
--- a/charts/quota-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/quota-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: quota-operator
 description: A Helm chart for the quota-operator
 type: application
-version: v0.6.0
-appVersion: v0.6.0
+version: v0.6.1
+appVersion: v0.6.1
 home: https://github.com/openmcp-project/quota-operator
 sources:
   - https://github.com/openmcp-project/quota-operator
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/quota-operator/values.yaml b/charts/quota-operator/values.yaml
index 4c80745..6863595 100644
--- a/charts/quota-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/quota-operator/values.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 image:
   repository: ghcr.io/openmcp-project/images/quota-operator
-  tag: v0.6.0@sha256:b820efad53625b0b3fe279b914b1d27f28a0a02e2a5cc84db0f984bbcc439385
+  tag: v0.6.1
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 
 imagePullSecrets: []
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a3ec7c9..9a513aa 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.23.4
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.37.0
 	github.com/openmcp-project/controller-utils v0.10.0
-	github.com/openmcp-project/quota-operator/api v0.6.0
+	github.com/openmcp-project/quota-operator/api v0.6.1
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.9.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6
 	k8s.io/api v0.33.1