diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 960f475..36fdce0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [1.6.1] - 2026-04-05
+
+### Added
+
+- **wfe-core**: `StepBuilder::config()` for attaching arbitrary JSON configuration to individual steps, readable at runtime via `context.step.step_config`
+
 ## [1.6.0] - 2026-04-01
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fa87cd0..b1ddb24 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,15 +38,15 @@ redis = { version = "0.27", features = ["tokio-comp", "connection-manager"] }
 opensearch = "2"
 
 # Internal crates
-wfe-core = { version = "1.6.0", path = "wfe-core", registry = "sunbeam" }
-wfe-sqlite = { version = "1.6.0", path = "wfe-sqlite", registry = "sunbeam" }
-wfe-postgres = { version = "1.6.0", path = "wfe-postgres", registry = "sunbeam" }
-wfe-opensearch = { version = "1.6.0", path = "wfe-opensearch", registry = "sunbeam" }
-wfe-valkey = { version = "1.6.0", path = "wfe-valkey", registry = "sunbeam" }
-wfe-yaml = { version = "1.6.0", path = "wfe-yaml", registry = "sunbeam" }
-wfe-buildkit = { version = "1.6.0", path = "wfe-buildkit", registry = "sunbeam" }
-wfe-containerd = { version = "1.6.0", path = "wfe-containerd", registry = "sunbeam" }
-wfe-rustlang = { version = "1.6.0", path = "wfe-rustlang", registry = "sunbeam" }
+wfe-core = { version = "1.6.1", path = "wfe-core", registry = "sunbeam" }
+wfe-sqlite = { version = "1.6.1", path = "wfe-sqlite", registry = "sunbeam" }
+wfe-postgres = { version = "1.6.1", path = "wfe-postgres", registry = "sunbeam" }
+wfe-opensearch = { version = "1.6.1", path = "wfe-opensearch", registry = "sunbeam" }
+wfe-valkey = { version = "1.6.1", path = "wfe-valkey", registry = "sunbeam" }
+wfe-yaml = { version = "1.6.1", path = "wfe-yaml", registry = "sunbeam" }
+wfe-buildkit = { version = "1.6.1", path = "wfe-buildkit", registry = "sunbeam" }
+wfe-containerd = { version = "1.6.1", path = "wfe-containerd", registry = "sunbeam" }
+wfe-rustlang = { version = "1.6.1", path = "wfe-rustlang", registry = "sunbeam" }
 
 # YAML
 serde_yaml = "0.9"
diff --git a/wfe-buildkit/Cargo.toml b/wfe-buildkit/Cargo.toml
index 6c4b246..0f08355 100644
--- a/wfe-buildkit/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wfe-buildkit/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ async-trait = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 regex = { workspace = true }
-wfe-buildkit-protos = { version = "1.6.0", path = "../wfe-buildkit-protos", registry = "sunbeam" }
+wfe-buildkit-protos = { version = "1.6.1", path = "../wfe-buildkit-protos", registry = "sunbeam" }
 tonic = "0.14"
 tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["util"] }
 hyper-util = { version = "0.1", features = ["tokio"] }
diff --git a/wfe-containerd/Cargo.toml b/wfe-containerd/Cargo.toml
index 4bfa8ee..ccdb8ce 100644
--- a/wfe-containerd/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wfe-containerd/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ description = "containerd container runner executor for WFE"
 
 [dependencies]
 wfe-core = { workspace = true }
-wfe-containerd-protos = { version = "1.6.0", path = "../wfe-containerd-protos", registry = "sunbeam" }
+wfe-containerd-protos = { version = "1.6.1", path = "../wfe-containerd-protos", registry = "sunbeam" }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }