diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 2b8d7f7..9384955 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   ".release-please-manifest.json": "4.0.2",
   "package.json": "6.0.0",
-  ".": "6.0.0"
+  ".": "6.1.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a032a9c..30221c6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [6.1.0](https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/compare/v6.0.0...v6.1.0) (2026-04-06)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add skip cleanup option ([#1716](https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/issues/1716)) ([11b1c58](https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/commit/11b1c58b24724e66aa52a847862a0c1b0c4b0c7b)), closes [#1545](https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/issues/1545)
+* Support usage of AWS Profiles ([#1696](https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/issues/1696)) ([a7f0c82](https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/commit/a7f0c828ac76e0d049e34c920172c60f579f9eb3))
+
 ## [6.0.0](https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/compare/v5.1.1...v6.0.0) (2026-02-04)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 31691e7..3b503f0 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "configure-aws-credentials",
-  "version": "6.0.0",
+  "version": "6.1.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "configure-aws-credentials",
-      "version": "6.0.0",
+      "version": "6.1.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@actions/core": "^2.0.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1039f1f..64fb79a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "configure-aws-credentials",
   "description": "A GitHub Action to configure AWS credentials",
-  "version": "6.0.0",
+  "version": "6.1.0",
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc",
     "lint": "biome check --error-on-warnings ./src && markdownlint -i node_modules -i CHANGELOG.md '**/*.md'",