diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 601e9be..0eb5a54 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "6.0.1"
+  ".": "6.1.0-alpha"
 }
diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 0c23a3f..53e2c65 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [6.1.0-alpha](https://github.com/mongodb-js/mongodb-client-encryption/compare/v6.0.1...v6.1.0-alpha) (2024-06-17)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **NODE-5908:** support range v2 protocol ([#13](https://github.com/mongodb-js/mongodb-client-encryption/issues/13)) ([4650f7c](https://github.com/mongodb-js/mongodb-client-encryption/commit/4650f7c29caed7e8889d0fe9e05c169484b819a2))
+* **NODE-6226:** build macos universal binary ([#21](https://github.com/mongodb-js/mongodb-client-encryption/issues/21)) ([a044ccd](https://github.com/mongodb-js/mongodb-client-encryption/commit/a044ccd956b2e666d4ddeadc6b98d9b5291d32eb))
+
 ## [6.0.0](https://github.com/mongodb-js/mongodb-client-encryption/compare/v6.0.0-alpha.3...v6.0.0) (2023-08-28)
 
 * 86bd61e docs: Update Node bindings README.md
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index fadf63e..f0c536b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "mongodb-client-encryption",
-  "version": "6.0.1",
+  "version": "6.1.0-alpha",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "mongodb-client-encryption",
-      "version": "6.0.1",
+      "version": "6.1.0-alpha",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 590c879..98dcbaa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mongodb-client-encryption",
-  "version": "6.0.1",
+  "version": "6.1.0-alpha",
   "description": "Official client encryption module for the MongoDB Node.js driver",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "types": "lib/index.d.ts",