diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
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--- 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
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--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## [6.1.0](https://github.com/roadrunner-server/api/compare/v6.0.0...v6.1.0) (2026-10-11)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **redis:** add redis.v1 RPC messages ([e1221a2](https://github.com/roadrunner-server/api/commit/e1221a29d79cdad297708b3da1e23e8d025a4917))
+* **redis:** add redis.v1 RPC messages ([c8852f4](https://github.com/roadrunner-server/api/commit/c8852f425689f6e73acfb24c4eecfb600a714a15))
+
+
+### Reverts
+
+* drop the connection field from the requests ([bcba391](https://github.com/roadrunner-server/api/commit/bcba391ccb1047e4e2c9c96f115c6dba3d6235bc))