diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9c359ac..7688831 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "etchdb"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.6.1"
 description = "Minimal async DB layer for Python. Typed CRUD over Pydantic, raw SQL when you need it"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
diff --git a/src/etchdb/__init__.py b/src/etchdb/__init__.py
index 1ce54ba..6dd4095 100644
--- a/src/etchdb/__init__.py
+++ b/src/etchdb/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from etchdb.query import SqlQuery
 from etchdb.row import Row
 
-__version__ = "0.6.0"
+__version__ = "0.6.1"
 
 __all__ = [
     "DB",