diff --git a/.github/release-please-manifest.json b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
index db6cca7..5dab2c5 100644
--- a/.github/release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{".":"6.0.0"}
+{".":"6.1.0"}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 7aa15bd..3a62911 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,21 @@ Hetzner Cloud Ansible Collection Release Notes
 
 .. contents:: Topics
 
+v6.1.0
+======
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- load_balancer_network - Add ``ip_range`` argument to attach a load balancer to a specific subnet.
+- server_network - Add ``ip_range`` argument to attach a load balancer to a specific subnet.
+- txt_record - Add new txt_record filter to help format TXT , e.g. ``"{{ 'v=spf1 include:_spf.example.net ~all' | hetzner.hcloud.txt_record }}"``.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- firewall - Ensure idempotency when using non canonical ipv6 representation in Firewall rules.
+
 v6.0.0
 ======
 
diff --git a/changelogs/changelog.yaml b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
index 4ad189e..a9a9970 100644
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
@@ -769,3 +769,20 @@ releases:
     - drop-ansible-core-2.17.yml
     - drop-python-3.9.yml
     release_date: '2025-10-28'
+  6.1.0:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - firewall - Ensure idempotency when using non canonical ipv6 representation
+        in Firewall rules.
+      minor_changes:
+      - load_balancer_network - Add ``ip_range`` argument to attach a load balancer
+        to a specific subnet.
+      - server_network - Add ``ip_range`` argument to attach a load balancer to a
+        specific subnet.
+      - txt_record - Add new txt_record filter to help format TXT , e.g. ``"{{ 'v=spf1
+        include:_spf.example.net ~all' | hetzner.hcloud.txt_record }}"``.
+    fragments:
+    - attach-to-network-ip-range.yml
+    - firewall-rules-ipv6-idempotency.yml
+    - txt-record-filter.yml
+    release_date: '2025-11-05'
diff --git a/changelogs/dev-changelog.md b/changelogs/dev-changelog.md
index cb34100..2d09871 100644
--- a/changelogs/dev-changelog.md
+++ b/changelogs/dev-changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [6.1.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/compare/6.0.0...6.1.0) (2025-11-05)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add `txt_record` filter to format TXT records ([#721](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/issues/721)) ([7ac361a](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/commit/7ac361a9cc35b39b166e5f3afaef4971c43ba013))
+* attach server or load balancer to specific subnet ([#726](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/issues/726)) ([66aaef7](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/commit/66aaef7be4b145364115723f88ce5725f1bc4499))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* firewall idempotency with ipv6 addresses ([#722](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/issues/722)) ([907a7fd](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/commit/907a7fd73c19fe543be98c69987fd33cd4b465de)), closes [#708](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/issues/708)
+
 ## [6.0.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/compare/5.4.0...6.0.0) (2025-10-28)
 
 
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/attach-to-network-ip-range.yml b/changelogs/fragments/attach-to-network-ip-range.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d395472..0000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/attach-to-network-ip-range.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - load_balancer_network - Add ``ip_range`` argument to attach a load balancer to a specific subnet.
-  - server_network - Add ``ip_range`` argument to attach a load balancer to a specific subnet.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/firewall-rules-ipv6-idempotency.yml b/changelogs/fragments/firewall-rules-ipv6-idempotency.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7176c4d..0000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/firewall-rules-ipv6-idempotency.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - firewall - Ensure idempotency when using non canonical ipv6 representation in Firewall rules.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/txt-record-filter.yml b/changelogs/fragments/txt-record-filter.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e58c383..0000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/txt-record-filter.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - txt_record - Add new txt_record filter to help format TXT , e.g. ``"{{ 'v=spf1 include:_spf.example.net ~all' | hetzner.hcloud.txt_record }}"``.
diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
index eaad561..4cc90bd 100644
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 namespace: hetzner
 name: hcloud
-version: 6.0.0
+version: 6.1.0
 readme: README.md
 authors:
   - Hetzner Cloud (github.com/hetznercloud)
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/version.py b/plugins/module_utils/version.py
index f11f8c0..271cbfe 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/version.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-version = "6.0.0"  # x-release-please-version
+version = "6.1.0"  # x-release-please-version