diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index be427d38c08..47dc63dcce9 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "5.60.0"
+    ".": "5.61.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fd0be80f8c4..f2d02db21a7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project does adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [5.61.0](https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-dotnet/compare/5.60.0...5.61.0) (2024-10-17)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **generation:** update request builders and models ([4be8c0c](https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-dotnet/commit/4be8c0ccb16e98ba9e53292dd6a27ecc37495c98))
+
 ## [5.60.0](https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-dotnet/compare/5.59.0...5.60.0) (2024-10-09)
 
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Graph/Microsoft.Graph.csproj b/src/Microsoft.Graph/Microsoft.Graph.csproj
index 15facc0dcb0..e86f27540ef 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Graph/Microsoft.Graph.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Graph/Microsoft.Graph.csproj
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>35MSSharedLib1024.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
     <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>
     <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
-    <VersionPrefix>5.60.0</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>5.61.0</VersionPrefix>
     <!-- x-release-please-end -->
     <!-- VersionPrefix minor version should not be set when the change comes from the generator. It will be updated automatically. -->
     <!-- VersionPrefix minor version must be manually set when making manual changes to code. -->