diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f1e93c0f1..250ee848f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ if ("${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION}.${CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION}" VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "3.24"
     cmake_policy(SET CMP0135 NEW)
 endif()
 
-project(fastgltf VERSION 0.6.0 LANGUAGES C CXX)
+project(fastgltf VERSION 0.6.1 LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
 option(FASTGLTF_DOWNLOAD_SIMDJSON "Downloads a copy of simdjson itself to satisfy the dependency" ON)
 option(FASTGLTF_USE_CUSTOM_SMALLVECTOR "Uses a custom SmallVector type optimised for small arrays" OFF)
diff --git a/include/fastgltf/types.hpp b/include/fastgltf/types.hpp
index 30353545d..8ee7690fa 100644
--- a/include/fastgltf/types.hpp
+++ b/include/fastgltf/types.hpp
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 #define FASTGLTF_QUOTE(x) FASTGLTF_QUOTE_Q(x)
 
 // fastgltf version string. Use FASTGLTF_QUOTE to stringify.
-#define FASTGLTF_VERSION 0.6.0
+#define FASTGLTF_VERSION 0.6.1
 
 namespace fastgltf {
 #if defined(FASTGLTF_USE_64BIT_FLOAT) && FASTGLTF_USE_64BIT_FLOAT