diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 4181a1426..3ebc02420 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "providers/statsig": "0.0.4",
     "providers/ofrep": "0.1.7",
     "providers/prefab": "0.0.4",
-    "tests/flagd": "1.6.0",
+    "tests/flagd": "1.6.1",
     "providers/go-feature-flag-in-process": "0.1.2",
     "providers/multi-provider": "0.0.5",
     "tools/flagd-http-connector": "0.0.2",
diff --git a/tests/flagd/CHANGELOG.md b/tests/flagd/CHANGELOG.md
index 3f1c680ea..af2379bce 100644
--- a/tests/flagd/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/tests/flagd/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.6.1](https://github.com/open-feature/go-sdk-contrib/compare/tests/flagd/v1.6.0...tests/flagd/v1.6.1) (2025-12-05)
+
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+* **flagd:** do not retry for certain status codes ([#756](https://github.com/open-feature/go-sdk-contrib/issues/756)) ([#799](https://github.com/open-feature/go-sdk-contrib/issues/799)) ([e01a99e](https://github.com/open-feature/go-sdk-contrib/commit/e01a99ed8a0b54a2c09ed9c2aa4f5cd658769e78))
+
 ## [1.6.0](https://github.com/open-feature/go-sdk-contrib/compare/tests/flagd/v1.5.1...tests/flagd/v1.6.0) (2025-11-27)