diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 9b824ca6..5a4041d3 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 HikariCP Changes
 
-Changes in 6.0.1
+Changes in 6.1.0
 
  * fixed #1960 allow SQLExceptionOverride to adjudicate all exceptions for eviction
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7694b406..cc8f7f61 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 
    <groupId>com.zaxxer</groupId>
    <artifactId>HikariCP</artifactId>
-   <version>6.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+   <version>6.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
 
    <name>HikariCP</name>