diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 278c216e26..f38311c08e 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [6.6.1](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/compare/v6.6.0...v6.6.1) (2024-05-06)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **NODE-6151:** MongoClient connect does not keep Node.js running ([#4101](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/issues/4101)) ([7e0d9e6](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/commit/7e0d9e689859e20ad0fd7aae047fc349e24355c9))
+
 ## [6.6.0](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/compare/v6.5.0...v6.6.0) (2024-05-02)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a5f31612f5..19a7554466 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "mongodb",
-  "version": "6.6.0",
+  "version": "6.6.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "mongodb",
-      "version": "6.6.0",
+      "version": "6.6.1",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@mongodb-js/saslprep": "^1.1.5",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d4f34f8473..a6d9ce3fa1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mongodb",
-  "version": "6.6.0",
+  "version": "6.6.1",
   "description": "The official MongoDB driver for Node.js",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "files": [