diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 8ddd1d65..ac82036b 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.1.0-alpha.60"
+  ".": "0.1.0-alpha.61"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 134848b2..524421a7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.1.0-alpha.61 (2025-01-09)
+
+Full Changelog: [v0.1.0-alpha.60...v0.1.0-alpha.61](https://github.com/conductor-is/conductor-python/compare/v0.1.0-alpha.60...v0.1.0-alpha.61)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **client:** only call .close() when needed ([#485](https://github.com/conductor-is/conductor-python/issues/485)) ([42798c9](https://github.com/conductor-is/conductor-python/commit/42798c91c6d5850412f41a2879b0ff81d3830223))
+
+
+### Chores
+
+* add missing isclass check ([#482](https://github.com/conductor-is/conductor-python/issues/482)) ([bb3eb6d](https://github.com/conductor-is/conductor-python/commit/bb3eb6df78222f6a963ffc5320992e115d15e4e5))
+* **internal:** codegen related update ([#484](https://github.com/conductor-is/conductor-python/issues/484)) ([7ec3175](https://github.com/conductor-is/conductor-python/commit/7ec317567421ae46b1079377f21c9eec4fe07ea6))
+
 ## 0.1.0-alpha.60 (2025-01-01)
 
 Full Changelog: [v0.1.0-alpha.59...v0.1.0-alpha.60](https://github.com/conductor-is/conductor-python/compare/v0.1.0-alpha.59...v0.1.0-alpha.60)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2a5de6c2..c7e8d605 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "conductor-py"
-version = "0.1.0-alpha.60"
+version = "0.1.0-alpha.61"
 description = "The official Python library for the conductor API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/conductor/_version.py b/src/conductor/_version.py
index 64594166..4ce7838e 100644
--- a/src/conductor/_version.py
+++ b/src/conductor/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "conductor"
-__version__ = "0.1.0-alpha.60"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "0.1.0-alpha.61"  # x-release-please-version