diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 4bd60ba..2117a1b 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 ## New Features
 
-<!-- Here goes the main new features and examples or instructions on how to use them -->
+* Add the `warn_on_overflow` option to the streaming receivers to allow ignoring overflow warnings
 
 ## Bug Fixes
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0512c7f..5b91562 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 requires-python = ">= 3.11, < 4"
 dependencies = [
-  "frequenz-channels >= v1.0.0-rc1, < 2",
+  "frequenz-channels >= 1.6.1, < 2",
   "grpcio >= 1.54.2, < 2",
   "protobuf >= 4.21.6, < 6",
   "typing-extensions >= 4.5.0, < 5",
diff --git a/src/frequenz/client/base/streaming.py b/src/frequenz/client/base/streaming.py
index baa58ee..a6134d8 100644
--- a/src/frequenz/client/base/streaming.py
+++ b/src/frequenz/client/base/streaming.py
@@ -60,16 +60,22 @@ def __init__(  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments,too-many-positional-argument
         )
         self._task = asyncio.create_task(self._run())
 
-    def new_receiver(self, maxsize: int = 50) -> channels.Receiver[OutputT]:
+    def new_receiver(
+        self, maxsize: int = 50, warn_on_overflow: bool = True
+    ) -> channels.Receiver[OutputT]:
         """Create a new receiver for the stream.
 
         Args:
             maxsize: The maximum number of messages to buffer.
+            warn_on_overflow: Whether to log a warning when the receiver's
+                buffer is full and a message is dropped.
 
         Returns:
             A new receiver.
         """
-        return self._channel.new_receiver(limit=maxsize)
+        return self._channel.new_receiver(
+            limit=maxsize, warn_on_overflow=warn_on_overflow
+        )
 
     @property
     def is_running(self) -> bool: