diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 22ce8ffe..4c78315d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [6.1.3] - 2025-12-06
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - avoid pydantic validation for `/collections` response when using `fields` extension ([#326](https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi-pgstac/pull/326))
@@ -530,7 +532,9 @@ As a part of this release, this repository was extracted from the main
 
 - First PyPi release!
 
-[Unreleased]: <https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi-pgstac/compare/6.1.1..main>
+[Unreleased]: <https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi-pgstac/compare/6.1.3..main>
+[6.1.3]: <https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi-pgstac/compare/6.1.2..6.1.3>
+[6.1.2]: <https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi-pgstac/compare/6.1.1..6.1.2>
 [6.1.1]: <https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi-pgstac/compare/6.1.0..6.1.1>
 [6.1.0]: <https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi-pgstac/compare/6.0.2..6.1.0>
 [6.0.2]: <https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi-pgstac/compare/6.0.1..6.0.2>
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 5e325424..88d06f10 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.1.2
+6.1.3
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0073d7e2..263fc103 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ ignore = [
 ]
 
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "6.1.2"
+current_version = "6.1.3"
 parse = """(?x)
     (?P<major>\\d+)\\.
     (?P<minor>\\d+)\\.
diff --git a/stac_fastapi/pgstac/version.py b/stac_fastapi/pgstac/version.py
index cab3bb51..f704a416 100644
--- a/stac_fastapi/pgstac/version.py
+++ b/stac_fastapi/pgstac/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """library version."""
 
-__version__ = "6.1.2"
+__version__ = "6.1.3"