diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 1ee18ec92b2d..4db477b58dd1 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@
   "google-cloud-recommendation_engine-v1beta1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-recommender": "1.7.0",
   "google-cloud-recommender+FILLER": "0.0.0",
-  "google-cloud-recommender-v1": "1.6.0",
+  "google-cloud-recommender-v1": "1.6.1",
   "google-cloud-recommender-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-redis": "2.1.0",
   "google-cloud-redis+FILLER": "0.0.0",
diff --git a/google-cloud-recommender-v1/CHANGELOG.md b/google-cloud-recommender-v1/CHANGELOG.md
index bd0e6cbc6f79..c46927a06431 100644
--- a/google-cloud-recommender-v1/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/google-cloud-recommender-v1/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-recommender-v1/lib/google/cloud/recommender/v1/version.rb b/google-cloud-recommender-v1/lib/google/cloud/recommender/v1/version.rb
index 5245c27fe9b3..2e0cfcea7f86 100644
--- a/google-cloud-recommender-v1/lib/google/cloud/recommender/v1/version.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-recommender-v1/lib/google/cloud/recommender/v1/version.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module Google
   module Cloud
     module Recommender
       module V1
-        VERSION = "1.6.0"
+        VERSION = "1.6.1"
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/google-cloud-recommender-v1/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.recommender.v1.json b/google-cloud-recommender-v1/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.recommender.v1.json
index 922482655ed0..23f74635338b 100644
--- a/google-cloud-recommender-v1/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.recommender.v1.json
+++ b/google-cloud-recommender-v1/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.recommender.v1.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "client_library": {
     "name": "google-cloud-recommender-v1",
-    "version": "1.6.0",
+    "version": "1.6.1",
     "language": "RUBY",
     "apis": [
       {