diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index c916bff..5791c65 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-    ".": "1.6.0",
+    ".": "1.6.1",
     "gitops_server": "0.15.1",
     "charts/gitops": "1.2.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 422c6a7..a9eb385 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.6.1](https://github.com/uptick/gitops/compare/gitops-v1.6.0...gitops-v1.6.1) (2026-05-25)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* improve app not found error message ([2c2a5a6](https://github.com/uptick/gitops/commit/2c2a5a6398ec6f7e7609982e6105b87cc6fd0d9d))
+* improve app not found error message ([e0f93b4](https://github.com/uptick/gitops/commit/e0f93b40f14c732ac1661c6a61e981eee05e32b2))
+
 ## [1.6.0](https://github.com/uptick/gitops/compare/gitops-v1.5.1...gitops-v1.6.0) (2026-05-06)
 
 
diff --git a/gitops/__init__.py b/gitops/__init__.py
index 46417b1..a2959d9 100644
--- a/gitops/__init__.py
+++ b/gitops/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 from .utils.cli import success, warning
 
-__version__ = "1.6.0"
+__version__ = "1.6.1"
 
 
 # Checking gitops version matches cluster repo version.
diff --git a/gitops_server/version.py b/gitops_server/version.py
index e4adfb8..f49459c 100644
--- a/gitops_server/version.py
+++ b/gitops_server/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.6.0"
+__version__ = "1.6.1"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b7b8a72..572f1f3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 [project]
 name = "gitops"
-version = "1.6.0"
+version = "1.6.1"
 description = "Manage multiple apps across one or more k8s clusters."
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
 readme = "README.md"