diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 305c2058c..11bfdcaa3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.61.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/compare/v1.60.0...v1.61.0) (2026-01-29)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add `include_input` query parameter to Get Interaction endpoint. ([a0240d9](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/a0240d9cf4c817d1737cb2cf818d405addabeed8))
+* Add registerFiles for you can use gcs files with mldev. ([965395b](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/965395b2f640a7d92a6df3d03020f4d15fe6b2fa))
+* Support distillation tuning ([9e49d71](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/9e49d71c5aa70066cb0c81c7bef9770294dbcceb))
+
 ## [1.60.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/compare/v1.59.0...v1.60.0) (2026-01-21)
 
 
diff --git a/google/genai/version.py b/google/genai/version.py
index b68ba5e79..271f37978 100644
--- a/google/genai/version.py
+++ b/google/genai/version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-__version__ = '1.60.0' # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = '1.61.0' # x-release-please-version
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ede147a8e..da179aaf6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "twine>=6.1.0", "packaging>=24.2", "pkginfo>=
 
 [project]
 name = "google-genai"
-version = "1.60.0"
+version = "1.61.0"
 description = "GenAI Python SDK"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "Apache-2.0"