diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d7f16143..5f4d06b8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,10 +11,13 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
-## [Unreleased] (1.8.61)
+## [1.8.61] - 2026-03-01
 ### Changed
 - Update to [TDLib v1.8.61](https://github.com/ForNeVeR/tdlib-versioned/releases/tag/tdlib%2Fv1.8.61).
 
+### Added
+- New constructor for `TdClient` with configurable receive timeout. Thanks to @bielu!
+
 ## [1.8.60] - 2026-01-10
 ### Changed
 - Update to [TDLib v1.8.60](https://github.com/ForNeVeR/tdlib-versioned/releases/tag/tdlib%2Fv1.8.60).
@@ -143,4 +146,5 @@ Initial release to support TDLib pre-1.2.
 [1.8.58]: https://github.com/egramtel/tdsharp/compare/v1.8.56.1...v1.8.58
 [1.8.59]: https://github.com/egramtel/tdsharp/compare/v1.8.58...v1.8.59
 [1.8.60]: https://github.com/egramtel/tdsharp/compare/v1.8.59...v1.8.60
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/egramtel/tdsharp/compare/v1.8.60...HEAD
+[1.8.61]: https://github.com/egramtel/tdsharp/compare/v1.8.60...v1.8.61
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/egramtel/tdsharp/compare/v1.8.61...HEAD
diff --git a/TdLib/Bindings/Receiver.cs b/TdLib/Bindings/Receiver.cs
index 83a22ebf..bae63d47 100644
--- a/TdLib/Bindings/Receiver.cs
+++ b/TdLib/Bindings/Receiver.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 tdsharp contributors <https://github.com/egramtel/tdsharp>
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024-2026 tdsharp contributors <https://github.com/egramtel/tdsharp>
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ internal class Receiver : IDisposable
     {
         private readonly Converter _converter;
         private readonly TdJsonClient _tdJsonClient;
-        private readonly double _receiverTimeOut;
+        private readonly double _receiverTimeOutSeconds;
 
         private readonly CancellationTokenSource _cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
         private readonly ManualResetEventSlim _stopped = new ManualResetEventSlim(false);
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ internal class Receiver : IDisposable
         internal event EventHandler<TdApi.AuthorizationState> AuthorizationStateChanged;
         internal event EventHandler<Exception> ExceptionThrown;
 
-        internal Receiver(TdJsonClient tdJsonClient, double receiverTimeOut)
+        internal Receiver(TdJsonClient tdJsonClient, TimeSpan receiverTimeOut)
         {
             _converter = new Converter();
             _tdJsonClient = tdJsonClient;
-            _receiverTimeOut = receiverTimeOut;
+            _receiverTimeOutSeconds = receiverTimeOut.TotalSeconds;
         }
 
         internal void Start()
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ private void ProcessEvents()
             var ct = _cts.Token;
             while (!ct.IsCancellationRequested)
             {
-                var data = _tdJsonClient.Receive(_receiverTimeOut);
+                var data = _tdJsonClient.Receive(_receiverTimeOutSeconds);
 
                 if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(data))
                 {
diff --git a/TdLib/TdClient.cs b/TdLib/TdClient.cs
index f60e28af..b1d2bc6b 100644
--- a/TdLib/TdClient.cs
+++ b/TdLib/TdClient.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 tdsharp contributors <https://github.com/egramtel/tdsharp>
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024-2026 tdsharp contributors <https://github.com/egramtel/tdsharp>
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
@@ -27,11 +27,14 @@ public class TdClient : TdApi.Client, IDisposable
 
         public TdClient() : this(Interop.AutoDetectBindings()) {}
 
-        public TdClient(ITdLibBindings bindings): this( bindings, 0.1 )
+        /// <param name="bindings">Bidings for the client to call functions of TDLib.</param>
+        public TdClient(ITdLibBindings bindings): this(bindings, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(0.1))
         {
-
         }
-        public TdClient(ITdLibBindings bindings, double receiverTimeOut)
+
+        /// <param name="bindings">Bidings for the client to call functions of TDLib.</param>
+        /// <param name="receiverTimeOut">Timeout for <c>td_json_client_receive</c>.</param>
+        public TdClient(ITdLibBindings bindings, TimeSpan receiverTimeOut)
         {
             _tdJsonClient = new TdJsonClient(bindings);
 
diff --git a/TdLib/TdJsonClient.cs b/TdLib/TdJsonClient.cs
index 1c5932be..08495a81 100644
--- a/TdLib/TdJsonClient.cs
+++ b/TdLib/TdJsonClient.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 tdsharp contributors <https://github.com/egramtel/tdsharp>
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024-2026 tdsharp contributors <https://github.com/egramtel/tdsharp>
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public void Send(string data)
         /// <summary>
         /// Receive one JSON string from TDLib
         /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="timeout">Timeout in seconds.</param>
         public string Receive(double timeout)
         {
             if (_handle == IntPtr.Zero)
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index 345f67e3..2da9069d 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "sdk": {
-    "version": "9.0.306"
+    "version": "9.0.306",
+    "rollForward": "major"
   }
 }
diff --git a/global.json.license b/global.json.license
index cd1d78a8..40ac8020 100644
--- a/global.json.license
+++ b/global.json.license
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Friedrich von Never <friedrich@fornever.me>
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025-2026 Friedrich von Never <friedrich@fornever.me>
 
 SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT