diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 5034096..a51d1a3 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@
 
 <!-- towncrier release notes start -->
 
+## 0.6.1 (2024-05-17)
+
+
+### Bug fixes:
+
+- Small fixes to cookieplone/utils/plone.py functions [@ericof] 
+
 ## 0.6.0 (2024-05-17)
 
 
diff --git a/cookieplone/__init__.py b/cookieplone/__init__.py
index 6bc2e88..be4e06b 100644
--- a/cookieplone/__init__.py
+++ b/cookieplone/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024-present Plone Foundation <board@plone.org>
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-__version__ = "0.6.1.dev0"
+__version__ = "0.6.1"
diff --git a/news/+plonehelpers.bugfix b/news/+plonehelpers.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index a0b1203..0000000
--- a/news/+plonehelpers.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Small fixes to cookieplone/utils/plone.py functions [@ericof]