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 f14ca1a..5cc3b52 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ 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).
 
+## [0.6.1](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-core/compare/cachekit-core-v0.6.0...cachekit-core-v0.6.1) (2026-09-29)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **byte-storage:** pre-scan envelope bytes before decoding them (LAB-3479) ([a043e13](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-core/commit/a043e131c1ea7ed824325730380f3ff0cd9545f6))
+* **encryption:** probe the Armv8 Crypto Extension on aarch64 instead of NEON (LAB-4650) ([#77](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-core/issues/77)) ([77b18db](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-core/commit/77b18db184c74254a52b8bed0be76e9f7a38fea5))
+
 ## [0.6.0](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-core/compare/cachekit-core-v0.5.0...cachekit-core-v0.6.0) (2026-08-08)
 
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4241d31..7fb6465 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ checksum = "5d20789868f4b01b2f2caec9f5c4e0213b41e3e5702a50157d699ae31ced2fcb"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cachekit-core"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.6.1"
 dependencies = [
  "aes",
  "aes-gcm",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4d898ad..ba94d0f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "cachekit-core"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.6.1"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["cachekit Contributors"]
 description = "LZ4 compression, xxHash3 integrity, AES-256-GCM encryption for byte payloads"