diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b444581e..00000000
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
-# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
-# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
-# https://docs.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
-
-version: 2
-updates:
-  - package-ecosystem: "gomod" # See documentation for possible values
-    directory: "/" # Location of package manifests
-    schedule:
-      interval: "daily"
diff --git a/pkg/version/version.go b/pkg/version/version.go
index eabe44b4..c963873c 100644
--- a/pkg/version/version.go
+++ b/pkg/version/version.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 package version
 
 // Version is the current topicctl version.
-const Version = "1.6.0"
+const Version = "1.6.1"