diff --git a/.docs/.swagger/api.base.yaml b/.docs/.swagger/api.base.yaml
index df4d4f97d02b4a3c379c5c967ee01537ab631e97..fc0a733ccc7e1c4134f8a444c9b6fe08acb7aabb 100644
--- a/.docs/.swagger/api.base.yaml
+++ b/.docs/.swagger/api.base.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ info:
     name: Apache 2.0
     url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
   title: DBRepo REST API
-  version: 1.6.0
+  version: 1.6.1
 openapi: 3.1.0
 servers:
   - description: Test Instance
diff --git a/.docs/.swagger/api.yaml b/.docs/.swagger/api.yaml
index b99640757acf76ab5b009f68c9b6d8a85d8c183d..dc7a627e743279d6eddf788cc9b1c18411912e50 100644
--- a/.docs/.swagger/api.yaml
+++ b/.docs/.swagger/api.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ info:
     name: Apache 2.0
     url: 'https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0'
   title: DBRepo REST API
-  version: 1.6.0
+  version: 1.6.1
 servers:
   - description: Test Instance
     url: 'https://test.dbrepo.tuwien.ac.at'
diff --git a/.docs/index.md b/.docs/index.md
index e3307bd493e33dc0a03ce3fc2a770e726c30cd3f..e16f9f5da6ccc94637fc0c1b56868e4fda84b023 100644
--- a/.docs/index.md
+++ b/.docs/index.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ author: Martin Weise
 ![Maintainability Rating](./images/maintainability.svg)
 ![Security Rating](./images/security.svg)
 
-Documentation for version: [v1.6.0](https://gitlab.phaidra.org/fair-data-austria-db-repository/fda-services/-/releases).
+Documentation for version: [v1.6.1](https://gitlab.phaidra.org/fair-data-austria-db-repository/fda-services/-/releases).
 
 DBRepo is a repository for data in databases that are used from the beginning until the end of a research 
 project supporting data evolution, -citation and -versioning. It implements the query store of the 
diff --git a/.docs/kubernetes.md b/.docs/kubernetes.md
index 232584ee75a51aaa0eff2eff56bac6631406766c..cc16bbe210d1b4ea98cd27ad8c47248bc551bafb 100644
--- a/.docs/kubernetes.md
+++ b/.docs/kubernetes.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ helm upgrade --install dbrepo \
   -n dbrepo \
   "oci://registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/helm/dbrepo" \
   --values ./values.yaml \
-  --version "1.6.0" \
+  --version "1.6.1" \
   --create-namespace \
   --cleanup-on-fail
 ```
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e71b7ee27f04784778509256cdd427c74ce5cf18..8bf70c0c712a5b76676b1d10d8663ff1f02a4923 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ variables:
   SONARQUBE_VERSION: "10.0"
   BUN_VERSION: "1.1.40"
   DOC_VERSION: "1.6"
-  APP_VERSION: "1.6.0"
-  CHART_VERSION: "1.6.0"
+  APP_VERSION: "1.6.1"
+  CHART_VERSION: "1.6.1"
   CACHE_FALLBACK_KEY: "${CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH}"
   # This will supress any download for dependencies and plugins or upload messages which would clutter the console log.
   # `showDateTime` will show the passed time in milliseconds. You need to specify `--batch-mode` to make this work.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 11befeed00edf3090a7a0ac04296b95dd3ccbe7d..2479e382e55e3c20f1dd7f9c998fa5807a3f0e05 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .PHONY: all
 
-APP_VERSION ?= 1.6.0
-CHART_VERSION ?= 1.6.0
+APP_VERSION ?= 1.6.1
+CHART_VERSION ?= 1.6.1
 REPOSITORY_URL ?= registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo
 
 .PHONY: all
diff --git a/dbrepo-analyse-service/Pipfile b/dbrepo-analyse-service/Pipfile
index 69b9ee840951c7c27bb036d94057477ae73ceb52..831f8e532dd5f5796ca93cc6ca52fa7cecebb608 100644
--- a/dbrepo-analyse-service/Pipfile
+++ b/dbrepo-analyse-service/Pipfile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ numpy = "*"
 pandas = "*"
 minio = "*"
 pydantic = "*"
-dbrepo = {path = "./lib/dbrepo-1.6.0.tar.gz"}
+dbrepo = {path = "./lib/dbrepo-1.6.1.tar.gz"}
 opensearch-py = "*"
 
 [dev-packages]
diff --git a/dbrepo-analyse-service/Pipfile.lock b/dbrepo-analyse-service/Pipfile.lock
index 0a59148511a9af575c5bd78df44601ab2b9d27b8..12260886894283177a911123b42ba13a226c0446 100644
--- a/dbrepo-analyse-service/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/dbrepo-analyse-service/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "e3a8db6afce757927a19df8fe01aea426b0f15868df14c8f98a83f2c19a688da"
+            "sha256": "683cc19a3205b9b5f9b99db8b71c0abadadfd652a94dcf710a73aeca92b97227"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {
@@ -175,20 +175,20 @@
         },
         "boto3": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:2446e819cf4e295833474cdcf2c92bc82718ce537e9ee1f17f7e3d237f60e69b",
-                "sha256:7de2c44c960e486f3c57e5203ea6393c6c4f0914c5f81c789ceb8b5d2ba5d1c5"
+                "sha256:516c514fb447d6f216833d06a0781c003fcf43099a4ca2f5a363a8afe0942070",
+                "sha256:5aa606239f0fe0dca0506e0ad6bbe4c589048e7e6c2486cee5ec22b6aa7ec2f8"
             ],
             "index": "pypi",
             "markers": "python_version >= '3.8'",
-            "version": "==1.35.93"
+            "version": "==1.35.94"
         },
         "botocore": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:47f7161000af6036f806449e3de12acdd3ec11aac7f5578e43e96241413a0f8f",
-                "sha256:b8d245a01e7d64c41edcf75a42be158df57b9518a83a3dbf5c7e4b8c2bc540cc"
+                "sha256:2b3309b356541faa4d88bb957dcac1d8004aa44953c0b7d4521a6cc5d3d5d6ba",
+                "sha256:d784d944865d8279c79d2301fc09ac28b5221d4e7328fb4e23c642c253b9932c"
             ],
             "markers": "python_version >= '3.8'",
-            "version": "==1.35.93"
+            "version": "==1.35.94"
         },
         "certifi": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -412,9 +412,9 @@
         },
         "dbrepo": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:769c6d9c4475b26d3f752dcc9910346798d31afeca45ef014f48dd293074b8fb"
+                "sha256:1618cb64455d8cbdd1512b68cebf924433e356f58fd4745410de3649b6cb96b6"
             ],
-            "path": "./lib/dbrepo-1.6.0.tar.gz"
+            "path": "./lib/dbrepo-1.6.1.tar.gz"
         },
         "events": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -1612,7 +1612,7 @@
                 "sha256:1cee9ad369867bfdbbb48b7dd50374c0967a0bb7710050facf0dd6911440e3df",
                 "sha256:f8c5449b3cf0861679ce7e0503c7b44b5ec981bec0d1d3795a07f1ba96f0204d"
             ],
-            "markers": "python_version >= '3.9'",
+            "markers": "python_version >= '3.10'",
             "version": "==2.3.0"
         },
         "werkzeug": {
@@ -2236,7 +2236,7 @@
                 "sha256:1cee9ad369867bfdbbb48b7dd50374c0967a0bb7710050facf0dd6911440e3df",
                 "sha256:f8c5449b3cf0861679ce7e0503c7b44b5ec981bec0d1d3795a07f1ba96f0204d"
             ],
-            "markers": "python_version >= '3.9'",
+            "markers": "python_version >= '3.10'",
             "version": "==2.3.0"
         },
         "wrapt": {
diff --git a/dbrepo-analyse-service/lib/dbrepo-1.5.0.tar.gz b/dbrepo-analyse-service/lib/dbrepo-1.5.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
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diff --git a/dbrepo-analyse-service/lib/dbrepo-1.5.1.tar.gz b/dbrepo-analyse-service/lib/dbrepo-1.5.1.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
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diff --git a/dbrepo-analyse-service/lib/dbrepo-1.5.2.tar.gz b/dbrepo-analyse-service/lib/dbrepo-1.5.2.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
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Binary files a/dbrepo-analyse-service/lib/dbrepo-1.5.2.tar.gz and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/dbrepo-analyse-service/lib/dbrepo-1.5.3.tar.gz b/dbrepo-analyse-service/lib/dbrepo-1.5.3.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 2bb796d8fece2d97c3b2168248ff493dfa24a549..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
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diff --git a/dbrepo-analyse-service/lib/dbrepo-1.6.1.tar.gz b/dbrepo-analyse-service/lib/dbrepo-1.6.1.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e0ee1236341db9daf756fe615b4a89c1cc0005a8
Binary files /dev/null and b/dbrepo-analyse-service/lib/dbrepo-1.6.1.tar.gz differ
diff --git a/dbrepo-data-service/pom.xml b/dbrepo-data-service/pom.xml
index 0b244a12a46ec7d9ec25ba86fd01c9f2d5b97d5f..953dcd097d664353c7b08f7d3a43f44d5df07406 100644
--- a/dbrepo-data-service/pom.xml
+++ b/dbrepo-data-service/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
     <artifactId>dbrepo-data-service</artifactId>
     <name>dbrepo-data-service</name>
-    <version>1.6.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.1</version>
 
     <description>Service that manages the data</description>
 
diff --git a/dbrepo-data-service/querystore/pom.xml b/dbrepo-data-service/querystore/pom.xml
index 3917fc4976354fffd39805995f82e9a322742631..943c115d117529adea091f02f77037367c12a32c 100644
--- a/dbrepo-data-service/querystore/pom.xml
+++ b/dbrepo-data-service/querystore/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
         <artifactId>dbrepo-data-service</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.0</version>
+        <version>1.6.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dbrepo-data-service-querystore</artifactId>
     <name>dbrepo-data-service-querystore</name>
-    <version>1.6.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.1</version>
 
     <dependencies/>
 
diff --git a/dbrepo-data-service/report/pom.xml b/dbrepo-data-service/report/pom.xml
index 99c9261cea42c59e2daa5c68140e971c410874be..ca03190a449b76f7217590283097978be9d8a0ab 100644
--- a/dbrepo-data-service/report/pom.xml
+++ b/dbrepo-data-service/report/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
         <artifactId>dbrepo-data-service</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.0</version>
+        <version>1.6.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>report</artifactId>
     <name>dbrepo-data-service-report</name>
-    <version>1.6.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.1</version>
     <description>
         This module is only intended for the pipeline coverage report. See the detailed report in the
         respective modules
diff --git a/dbrepo-data-service/rest-service/pom.xml b/dbrepo-data-service/rest-service/pom.xml
index 9eb0cddee6c2577ea82dbe09f71f13192bc1a4c4..e72392c7071cb3083c894fbc3654266f34650f01 100644
--- a/dbrepo-data-service/rest-service/pom.xml
+++ b/dbrepo-data-service/rest-service/pom.xml
@@ -6,18 +6,18 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
         <artifactId>dbrepo-data-service</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.0</version>
+        <version>1.6.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>rest-service</artifactId>
     <name>dbrepo-data-service-rest-service</name>
-    <version>1.6.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.1</version>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
             <artifactId>services</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6.0</version>
+            <version>1.6.1</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/dbrepo-data-service/services/pom.xml b/dbrepo-data-service/services/pom.xml
index 180987ded0cb6336af854b2d610a5a103619a166..666cda76a43da22b1993729bf9df8c58ca4d75e9 100644
--- a/dbrepo-data-service/services/pom.xml
+++ b/dbrepo-data-service/services/pom.xml
@@ -6,18 +6,18 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
         <artifactId>dbrepo-data-service</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.0</version>
+        <version>1.6.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>services</artifactId>
     <name>dbrepo-data-service-services</name>
-    <version>1.6.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.1</version>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
             <artifactId>dbrepo-data-service-querystore</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6.0</version>
+            <version>1.6.1</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/dbrepo-metadata-service/api/pom.xml b/dbrepo-metadata-service/api/pom.xml
index 8e77c818a4f1c0b353a854636b1f437edf4d5546..9baf18ff69870ee00658f67dc5fa5e43bab49581 100644
--- a/dbrepo-metadata-service/api/pom.xml
+++ b/dbrepo-metadata-service/api/pom.xml
@@ -6,18 +6,18 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
         <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.0</version>
+        <version>1.6.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service-api</artifactId>
     <name>dbrepo-metadata-service-api</name>
-    <version>1.6.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.1</version>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
             <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service-entities</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6.0</version>
+            <version>1.6.1</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/dbrepo-metadata-service/entities/pom.xml b/dbrepo-metadata-service/entities/pom.xml
index 6a8f527f188040713c0f259fb9ade60e7ef5b4dd..5b1c1d0cf133fcfea9de76e37cc0462d318481b6 100644
--- a/dbrepo-metadata-service/entities/pom.xml
+++ b/dbrepo-metadata-service/entities/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
         <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.0</version>
+        <version>1.6.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service-entities</artifactId>
     <name>dbrepo-metadata-service-entity</name>
-    <version>1.6.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.1</version>
 
     <dependencies/>
 
diff --git a/dbrepo-metadata-service/oai/pom.xml b/dbrepo-metadata-service/oai/pom.xml
index 32925ee9ff1c042a0edb5a22ebb1929f9ff63390..a3778f036317625e12a6b526a7f1fafadbe237f6 100644
--- a/dbrepo-metadata-service/oai/pom.xml
+++ b/dbrepo-metadata-service/oai/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
         <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.0</version>
+        <version>1.6.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service-oai</artifactId>
     <name>dbrepo-metadata-service-oai</name>
-    <version>1.6.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.1</version>
 
     <dependencies/>
 
diff --git a/dbrepo-metadata-service/pom.xml b/dbrepo-metadata-service/pom.xml
index 27dd83121f6b83d311872023b306be181ebd409d..42794bab0693bbf5c84f1aea2960d1e6485a0848 100644
--- a/dbrepo-metadata-service/pom.xml
+++ b/dbrepo-metadata-service/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
     <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service</artifactId>
     <name>dbrepo-metadata-service</name>
-    <version>1.6.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.1</version>
 
     <description>Service that manages the metadata</description>
 
diff --git a/dbrepo-metadata-service/report/pom.xml b/dbrepo-metadata-service/report/pom.xml
index f71cbfeb96f6307986b2ee87a5f9ba99f8cfd001..6234a844d2c89c01c7e3d200ce79397ac99eac37 100644
--- a/dbrepo-metadata-service/report/pom.xml
+++ b/dbrepo-metadata-service/report/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service</artifactId>
         <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
-        <version>1.6.0</version>
+        <version>1.6.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service-report</artifactId>
     <name>dbrepo-metadata-service-report</name>
-    <version>1.6.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.1</version>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/dbrepo-metadata-service/repositories/pom.xml b/dbrepo-metadata-service/repositories/pom.xml
index 480ba479be0f98ca6d7748a25545625cce000ecd..44fde031c181fa559abdbce4b81e59f76c5f4b48 100644
--- a/dbrepo-metadata-service/repositories/pom.xml
+++ b/dbrepo-metadata-service/repositories/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service</artifactId>
         <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
-        <version>1.6.0</version>
+        <version>1.6.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service-repositories</artifactId>
     <name>dbrepo-metadata-service-repositories</name>
-    <version>1.6.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.1</version>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/dbrepo-metadata-service/rest-service/pom.xml b/dbrepo-metadata-service/rest-service/pom.xml
index 67b149976cd1bb218d2e995b89e6c3d8e81ced3a..233d2ac4658612ad06bccc5140bad70c08265ec5 100644
--- a/dbrepo-metadata-service/rest-service/pom.xml
+++ b/dbrepo-metadata-service/rest-service/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service</artifactId>
         <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
-        <version>1.6.0</version>
+        <version>1.6.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service-rest-service</artifactId>
     <name>dbrepo-metadata-service-rest</name>
-    <version>1.6.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.1</version>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/dbrepo-metadata-service/services/pom.xml b/dbrepo-metadata-service/services/pom.xml
index bb101e9af6539a35e1c761f708392057e48afeea..2961f680d12220dbfbf6c91a7cf64797ff213bf3 100644
--- a/dbrepo-metadata-service/services/pom.xml
+++ b/dbrepo-metadata-service/services/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service</artifactId>
         <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
-        <version>1.6.0</version>
+        <version>1.6.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service-services</artifactId>
     <name>dbrepo-metadata-service-services</name>
-    <version>1.6.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.1</version>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/dbrepo-metadata-service/test/pom.xml b/dbrepo-metadata-service/test/pom.xml
index cdb1783c840fcf2e088e5a7d8f29bc67a3d5693d..c58104714adaebc14cfb1c3b5e268e807d8c8e29 100644
--- a/dbrepo-metadata-service/test/pom.xml
+++ b/dbrepo-metadata-service/test/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>at.tuwien</groupId>
         <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.0</version>
+        <version>1.6.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dbrepo-metadata-service-test</artifactId>
     <name>dbrepo-metadata-service-test</name>
-    <version>1.6.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.1</version>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/dbrepo-search-service/Pipfile b/dbrepo-search-service/Pipfile
index 287670f8ddac63952943a27dcdddbe08e78289bc..ec74a381be4f01297cf01d2f638182ba2a8a1d9d 100644
--- a/dbrepo-search-service/Pipfile
+++ b/dbrepo-search-service/Pipfile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jwt = "~=1.3"
 testcontainers-opensearch = "*"
 pytest = "*"
 rdflib = "*"
-dbrepo = {path = "./lib/dbrepo-1.6.0.tar.gz"}
+dbrepo = {path = "./lib/dbrepo-1.6.1.tar.gz"}
 gunicorn = "*"
 
 [dev-packages]
diff --git a/dbrepo-search-service/Pipfile.lock b/dbrepo-search-service/Pipfile.lock
index c7e1f6005d78d40641abae50f4bb3189251aac42..4bcb22d42a3f49f2081e0f4d89d671d6db54bb2c 100644
--- a/dbrepo-search-service/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/dbrepo-search-service/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "ed3c0ae802499c4020eea0c4d2e62f57a0a642cc0ebe9698f228cd8fd8f42ccb"
+            "sha256": "a0682b0583cfc91d643a307a7dce7a524e7f7c29dbf2c9c5e9a6f16eb5f5ee91"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {
@@ -360,9 +360,9 @@
         },
         "dbrepo": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:769c6d9c4475b26d3f752dcc9910346798d31afeca45ef014f48dd293074b8fb"
+                "sha256:1618cb64455d8cbdd1512b68cebf924433e356f58fd4745410de3649b6cb96b6"
             ],
-            "path": "./lib/dbrepo-1.6.0.tar.gz"
+            "path": "./lib/dbrepo-1.6.1.tar.gz"
         },
         "docker": {
             "hashes": [
diff --git a/dbrepo-search-service/init/Pipfile b/dbrepo-search-service/init/Pipfile
index 5c3c4a2ad8767b0f190271524cc5cbfc248a340a..77bab3e84c036d88689f0431bf63dc2f5fe4d099 100644
--- a/dbrepo-search-service/init/Pipfile
+++ b/dbrepo-search-service/init/Pipfile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ opensearch-py = "~=2.2"
 python-dotenv = "~=1.0"
 testcontainers-opensearch = "*"
 pytest = "*"
-dbrepo = {path = "./lib/dbrepo-1.5.1.tar.gz"}
+dbrepo = {path = "./lib/dbrepo-1.6.1.tar.gz"}
 rdflib = "*"
 
 [dev-packages]
diff --git a/dbrepo-search-service/init/Pipfile.lock b/dbrepo-search-service/init/Pipfile.lock
index 4362403bdd15b3976ac8f2c1b10a51bb63ba63ba..6d95c4e9b65fe678a057a507ccbf5b90b3ac8bb9 100644
--- a/dbrepo-search-service/init/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/dbrepo-search-service/init/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "0ed594feea5f1f7694d727f04d4bebd9cf341fed8f37e54819289daee0f22eb6"
+            "sha256": "9edba52503b8604b267d52e41954beba012143b1e47f56aaae553cdcaf054e55"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {
@@ -254,11 +254,9 @@
         },
         "dbrepo": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:1a52772dedf756bf48c52eec4df0c3a0c1fcef8034f47aa33c7ae5207cf85609",
-                "sha256:a18d7304b3ea3d5ba9c0b94988911ed6a129d59f2116d362ae9e4bf5a2803e2e"
+                "sha256:1618cb64455d8cbdd1512b68cebf924433e356f58fd4745410de3649b6cb96b6"
             ],
-            "markers": "python_version >= '3.11'",
-            "path": "./lib/dbrepo-1.5.1.tar.gz"
+            "path": "./lib/dbrepo-1.6.1.tar.gz"
         },
         "docker": {
             "hashes": [
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diff --git a/dbrepo-search-service/lib/dbrepo-1.6.1.tar.gz b/dbrepo-search-service/lib/dbrepo-1.6.1.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/helm/dbrepo/Chart.yaml b/helm/dbrepo/Chart.yaml
index 2145c0461e025784e1664f6b537a15456a37f86d..22d1865df5866213c931df8b2b522af33137c1e6 100644
--- a/helm/dbrepo/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm/dbrepo/Chart.yaml
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ description: Helm Chart for installing DBRepo
 sources:
   - https://gitlab.phaidra.org/fair-data-austria-db-repository/fda-services
 type: application
-version: "1.6.0"
-appVersion: "1.6.0"
+version: "1.6.1"
+appVersion: "1.6.1"
 keywords:
   - dbrepo
 maintainers:
diff --git a/helm/dbrepo/README.md b/helm/dbrepo/README.md
index ead25253597ec98f167ed0ebc892f09c692969a4..8c03ed1801a819673a1af37dcf6de45a3265d55d 100644
--- a/helm/dbrepo/README.md
+++ b/helm/dbrepo/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ sample [
 for your deployment and update the variables, especially `hostname`.
 
 ```bash
-helm install my-release "oci://registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/helm/dbrepo" --values ./values.yaml --version "1.6.0"
+helm install my-release "oci://registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/helm/dbrepo" --values ./values.yaml --version "1.6.1"
 ```
 
 ## Prerequisites
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ helm install my-release "oci://registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/helm/dbrepo"
 To install the chart with the release name `my-release`:
 
 ```bash
-helm install my-release "oci://oci://registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/helm" --values ./values.yaml --version "1.6.0"
+helm install my-release "oci://oci://registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/helm" --values ./values.yaml --version "1.6.1"
 ```
 
 The command deploys DBRepo on the Kubernetes cluster in the default configuration. The Parameters section lists the
diff --git a/helm/dbrepo/values.yaml b/helm/dbrepo/values.yaml
index e1a6e87cdc12adc73b29be493f7c065b53555d1b..dfdda4e566981cf2777d2c6682f59598bc324606 100644
--- a/helm/dbrepo/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/dbrepo/values.yaml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ authservice:
   init:
     image:
       ## @skip authservice.init.image.name
-      name: registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/auth-service-init:1.6.0
+      name: registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/auth-service-init:1.6.1
     ## @param authservice.init.resourcesPreset The container resource preset
     resourcesPreset: "nano"
     ## @param authservice.init.resources Set container requests and limits for different resources like CPU or memory (essential for production workloads)
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ analyseservice:
   enabled: true
   image:
     ## @skip analyseservice.image.name
-    name: registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/analyse-service:1.6.0
+    name: registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/analyse-service:1.6.1
   ## ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/security-context/#set-the-security-context-for-a-pod
   podSecurityContext:
     ## @param analyseservice.podSecurityContext.enabled Enable pods' Security Context
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ metadataservice:
   enabled: true
   image:
     ## @skip metadataservice.image.name
-    name: registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/metadata-service:1.6.0
+    name: registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/metadata-service:1.6.1
   ## ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/security-context/#set-the-security-context-for-a-pod
   podSecurityContext:
     ## @param metadataservice.podSecurityContext.enabled Enable pods' Security Context
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ dataservice:
   endpoint: http://data-service
   image:
     ## @skip dataservice.image.name
-    name: registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/data-service:1.6.0
+    name: registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/data-service:1.6.1
   ## ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/security-context/#set-the-security-context-for-a-pod
   podSecurityContext:
     ## @param dataservice.podSecurityContext.enabled Enable pods' Security Context
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ searchservice:
   endpoint: http://search-service
   image:
     ## @skip searchservice.image.name
-    name: registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/search-service:1.6.0
+    name: registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/search-service:1.6.1
   ## ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/security-context/#set-the-security-context-for-a-pod
   podSecurityContext:
     ## @param searchservice.podSecurityContext.enabled Enable pods' Security Context
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ searchservice:
   init:
     image:
       ## @skip searchservice.init.image.name
-      name: registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/search-service-init:1.6.0
+      name: registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/search-service-init:1.6.1
     ## @param searchservice.init.resourcesPreset The container resource preset
     resourcesPreset: "nano"
     ## @param searchservice.init.resources Set container requests and limits for different resources like CPU or memory (essential for production workloads)
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ storageservice:
   init:
     image:
       ## @skip storageservice.init.image.name
-      name: registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/storage-service-init:1.6.0
+      name: registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/storage-service-init:1.6.1
     s3:
       ## @param storageservice.init.s3.endpoint The S3-capable endpoint the microservice connects to.
       endpoint: http://storage-service-s3:8333
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ ui:
   enabled: true
   image:
     ## @skip ui.image.name
-    name: registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/ui:1.6.0
+    name: registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/ui:1.6.1
   ## ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/security-context/#set-the-security-context-for-a-pod
   podSecurityContext:
     ## @param ui.podSecurityContext.enabled Enable pods' Security Context
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 1e7520e29bf7ed3ef1a5310a8c7027a47b1ec249..710e9d55a1d65ba99d66a1540180548614464559 100644
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # preset
-VERSION="1.6.0"
+VERSION="1.6.1"
 MIN_CPU=8
 MIN_RAM=4
 MIN_MAP_COUNT=262144
diff --git a/lib/python/docs/index.rst b/lib/python/docs/index.rst
index 9c2ec5c590f65d75bcc2a2570146b8bb3e68cbcd..0a989f321fa9dbb644fba8c668cff807a1232826 100644
--- a/lib/python/docs/index.rst
+++ b/lib/python/docs/index.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Pandas `DataFrame <https://pandas.pydata.org/docs/reference/api/pandas.DataFrame
 provides an object-oriented API as well as low-level access to DBRepo services.
 
 .. note::
-   The SDK has been implemented and documented for DBRepo version 1.6.0, earlier versions may be supported but are not tested for compatibility.
+   The SDK has been implemented and documented for DBRepo version 1.6.1, earlier versions may be supported but are not tested for compatibility.
 
 Quickstart
 ----------
diff --git a/lib/python/pyproject.toml b/lib/python/pyproject.toml
index 382134d4df17fb712fb1c76b03bd47abf43625a8..33d1e52cc0a967a56e7e0a9ce639e5ceb53b42c6 100644
--- a/lib/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/lib/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dbrepo"
-version = "1.6.0"
+version = "1.6.1"
 description = "DBRepo Python Library"
 keywords = [
     "DBRepo",
diff --git a/lib/python/setup.py b/lib/python/setup.py
index 705a48f08a84210af724a50c48acf174f041411b..027b8a5bb628da1cd03378d59d44ff8dc507c9a7 100644
--- a/lib/python/setup.py
+++ b/lib/python/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from distutils.core import setup
 
 setup(name="dbrepo",
-      version="1.6.0",
+      version="1.6.1",
       description="A library for communicating with DBRepo",
       url="https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.6/",
       author="Martin Weise",
diff --git a/sonar-project.properties b/sonar-project.properties
index fdbf030ef0e674288083ee1366822ea99d055e19..d354d54608a75063e0000cd577469dba69ae5eec 100644
--- a/sonar-project.properties
+++ b/sonar-project.properties
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 sonar.projectKey=fair-data-austria-db-repository_fda-services_a57fa043-ab99-4cdd-a721-162d9a916d77
 sonar.host.url=https://s39.datalab.tuwien.ac.at
 # project
-sonar.projectVersion=1.6.0
+sonar.projectVersion=1.6.1
 # general
 sonar.qualitygate.wait=true
 sonar.projectCreation.mainBranchName=master