diff --git a/kedro-docker/RELEASE.md b/kedro-docker/RELEASE.md
index 9d0868b91..725ee0f96 100644
--- a/kedro-docker/RELEASE.md
+++ b/kedro-docker/RELEASE.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Upcoming Release
 
+# Release 0.6.1
+* Unpinned pip version requirement
+
 # Release 0.6.0
 ## Major features and improvements
 * Added support for Python 3.12
diff --git a/kedro-docker/kedro_docker/__init__.py b/kedro-docker/kedro_docker/__init__.py
index 3cb3da72d..95b77ddf9 100644
--- a/kedro-docker/kedro_docker/__init__.py
+++ b/kedro-docker/kedro_docker/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Kedro plugin for packaging a project with Docker."""
 
-__version__ = "0.6.0"
+__version__ = "0.6.1"