diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e39eb5647..05ca3c982 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,14 @@ 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/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [Unreleased](https://github.com/solarwinds/apm-python/compare/rel-6.1.0...HEAD)
+## [Unreleased](https://github.com/solarwinds/apm-python/compare/rel-6.1.1...HEAD)
+
+## [6.1.1.0](https://github.com/solarwinds/apm-python/releases/tag/rel-6.1.1) - 2026-05-28
+
+### Changed 
+- Updated test coverage for traceflags 02,03 ([#766](https://github.com/solarwinds/apm-python/pull/766), [#767](https://github.com/solarwinds/apm-python/pull/767))
+- Added requests version constraint for image builds ([#768](https://github.com/solarwinds/apm-python/pull/768))
+- Updated AWS Lambda wrapper to accept existing `_HANDLER` ([#770](https://github.com/solarwinds/apm-python/pull/770))
 
 ## [6.1.0](https://github.com/solarwinds/apm-python/releases/tag/rel-6.1.0) - 2026-05-01
 
diff --git a/image/requirements-nodeps-beta.txt b/image/requirements-nodeps-beta.txt
index 65f1f3e1d..0dfd5ec1b 100644
--- a/image/requirements-nodeps-beta.txt
+++ b/image/requirements-nodeps-beta.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-solarwinds_apm==6.1.0.0
+solarwinds_apm==6.1.1.0
diff --git a/image/requirements.txt b/image/requirements.txt
index 7112bbb01..b4edc4017 100644
--- a/image/requirements.txt
+++ b/image/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ opentelemetry-sdk==1.41.1
 opentelemetry-instrumentation==0.62b1
 
 urllib3 < 2.7.0
-requests >= 2.33.0, < 3.0
 # We don't use the otlp_proto_grpc option since gRPC is not appropriate for
 # injected auto-instrumentation, where it has a strict dependency on the OS / Python version the artifact is built for.
 opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http==1.41.1
diff --git a/solarwinds_apm/version.py b/solarwinds_apm/version.py
index 62a9d6a90..647f98430 100644
--- a/solarwinds_apm/version.py
+++ b/solarwinds_apm/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "6.2.0.0"
+__version__ = "6.1.1.0"