diff --git a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
index f36f7592b..104f30059 100644
--- a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Latest Changes
 
+## 0.61.2
+
 ### Fixes
 
 * 📌 Relax Swagger UI version pin. PR [#2089](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/2089) by [@jmriebold](https://github.com/jmriebold).
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index 626e92a73..91a83d04e 100644
--- a/fastapi/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production"""
 
-__version__ = "0.61.1"
+__version__ = "0.61.2"
 
 from starlette import status