diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cc0c3b781..28160d674 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,22 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project are documented in this file.
 
+## 1.6.1
+
+**Release date:** 2025-06-13
+
+This patch release comes with a fix for the `knownhosts: key mismatch`
+error in the `GitRepository` API when using SSH authentication, and
+a fix for authentication with
+[public ECR repositories](https://fluxcd.io/flux/integrations/aws/#for-amazon-public-elastic-container-registry)
+in the `OCIRepository` API.
+
+Fix:
+- Fix authentication for public ECR
+  [#1825](https://github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/pull/1825)
+- Fix `knownhosts key mismatch` regression bug
+  [#1829](https://github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/pull/1829)
+
 ## 1.6.0
 
 **Release date:** 2025-05-27
diff --git a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
index 0ac83a7a8..95e506d4a 100644
--- a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ resources:
 images:
 - name: fluxcd/source-controller
   newName: fluxcd/source-controller
-  newTag: v1.6.0
+  newTag: v1.6.1
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 54382d3f4..ac398603d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/tar v0.12.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/testserver v0.11.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/version v0.7.0
-	github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api v1.6.0
+	github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api v1.6.1
 	github.com/foxcpp/go-mockdns v1.1.0
 	github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 v5.6.2
 	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.16.2