diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index a3a12f49..8ace9152 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "6.0.0"
+  ".": "6.1.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 608f5c1a..c76344a3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [6.1.0](https://github.com/googlemaps/google-maps-ios-utils/compare/v6.0.0...v6.1.0) (2024-11-07)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **map:** allow custom iconView on GMSMarker subclasses ([#506](https://github.com/googlemaps/google-maps-ios-utils/issues/506)) ([125dfe5](https://github.com/googlemaps/google-maps-ios-utils/commit/125dfe516b0ad4497889da1ec3b6e02a38174ae9))
+
 ## [6.0.0](https://github.com/googlemaps/google-maps-ios-utils/compare/v5.0.0...v6.0.0) (2024-07-31)
 
 
diff --git a/Google-Maps-iOS-Utils.podspec b/Google-Maps-iOS-Utils.podspec
index 1a90325c..8c8670d6 100644
--- a/Google-Maps-iOS-Utils.podspec
+++ b/Google-Maps-iOS-Utils.podspec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
 
   s.name         = "Google-Maps-iOS-Utils"
-  s.version      = "6.0.0" # x-release-please-version
+  s.version      = "6.1.0" # x-release-please-version
   s.summary      = "A utilities library for use with Google Maps SDK for iOS."
   s.description  = "
                    This library contains classes that are useful for a wide range of applications
diff --git a/Podfile.template b/Podfile.template
index 09d1cd25..2807ae2d 100644
--- a/Podfile.template
+++ b/Podfile.template
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ platform :ios, '15.0'
 target 'YOUR_APPLICATION_TARGET_NAME_HERE' do
   use_frameworks!
   pod 'GoogleMaps', '9.0.0'
-  pod 'Google-Maps-iOS-Utils', '6.0.0' # x-release-please-version
+  pod 'Google-Maps-iOS-Utils', '6.1.0' # x-release-please-version
 end
 # [END maps_ios_utils_podfile_template]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 86405472..d599cccf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ range of applications using the [Google Maps SDK for iOS][sdk].
 
   target 'TARGET_NAME' do
     pod 'GoogleMaps', '9.0.0'
-    pod 'Google-Maps-iOS-Utils', '6.0.0'
+    pod 'Google-Maps-iOS-Utils', '6.1.0' # x-release-please-version
   end
   ```