diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index eaad2c0..c8e8291 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [6.1.2] - 2025-11-24
+
 ### Changed
 
 - remove pygstac dependency
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f3b5af3..5e32542 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.1.1
+6.1.2
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1afe866..0073d7e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ ignore = [
 ]
 
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "6.1.1"
+current_version = "6.1.2"
 parse = """(?x)
     (?P<major>\\d+)\\.
     (?P<minor>\\d+)\\.
diff --git a/stac_fastapi/pgstac/version.py b/stac_fastapi/pgstac/version.py
index 72c0a52..cab3bb5 100644
--- a/stac_fastapi/pgstac/version.py
+++ b/stac_fastapi/pgstac/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """library version."""
 
-__version__ = "6.1.1"
+__version__ = "6.1.2"