diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 1ee18ec92b2d..8d1090f0fc0b 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@
   "google-cloud-privileged_access_manager-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-profiler": "1.6.0",
   "google-cloud-profiler+FILLER": "0.0.0",
-  "google-cloud-profiler-v2": "1.6.0",
+  "google-cloud-profiler-v2": "1.6.1",
   "google-cloud-profiler-v2+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-pubsub": "3.2.1",
   "google-cloud-pubsub+FILLER": "0.0.0",
diff --git a/google-cloud-profiler-v2/CHANGELOG.md b/google-cloud-profiler-v2/CHANGELOG.md
index 9eb5221ddfea..ba279ff67fbb 100644
--- a/google-cloud-profiler-v2/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/google-cloud-profiler-v2/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Release History
 
+### 1.6.1 (2026-04-03)
+
+#### Documentation
+
+* update SelectiveGapicGeneration usage doc ([#33480](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/33480)) 
+
 ### 1.6.0 (2026-04-02)
 
 #### Features
diff --git a/google-cloud-profiler-v2/lib/google/cloud/profiler/v2/version.rb b/google-cloud-profiler-v2/lib/google/cloud/profiler/v2/version.rb
index fc676e3ec771..380106428eb7 100644
--- a/google-cloud-profiler-v2/lib/google/cloud/profiler/v2/version.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-profiler-v2/lib/google/cloud/profiler/v2/version.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module Google
   module Cloud
     module Profiler
       module V2
-        VERSION = "1.6.0"
+        VERSION = "1.6.1"
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/google-cloud-profiler-v2/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.devtools.cloudprofiler.v2.json b/google-cloud-profiler-v2/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.devtools.cloudprofiler.v2.json
index 27317c044a86..fc9896c73731 100644
--- a/google-cloud-profiler-v2/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.devtools.cloudprofiler.v2.json
+++ b/google-cloud-profiler-v2/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.devtools.cloudprofiler.v2.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "client_library": {
     "name": "google-cloud-profiler-v2",
-    "version": "1.6.0",
+    "version": "1.6.1",
     "language": "RUBY",
     "apis": [
       {