diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index f4a3a7f..5154451 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "0.6.1"
+    ".": "0.6.2"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 03cd85c..cb4436a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.6.2](https://github.com/bihealth/varfish-cli/compare/v0.6.1...v0.6.2) (2024-01-23)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* properly assign version in release-please ([#91](https://github.com/bihealth/varfish-cli/issues/91)) ([23c9d3f](https://github.com/bihealth/varfish-cli/commit/23c9d3f05094524ba389b4ff47c558ea7783b3f1))
+* version for release-please in CI ([#89](https://github.com/bihealth/varfish-cli/issues/89)) ([2aedb64](https://github.com/bihealth/varfish-cli/commit/2aedb6465237211133625ef19be601e43d47be9b))
+
 ## [0.6.1](https://github.com/bihealth/varfish-cli/compare/v0.6.0...v0.6.1) (2024-01-23)
 
 
diff --git a/varfish_cli/version.py b/varfish_cli/version.py
index 43c4ab0..22049ab 100644
--- a/varfish_cli/version.py
+++ b/varfish_cli/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.6.1"
+__version__ = "0.6.2"