From 545efef4842e11817bfa8e8ca18273aef4c01320 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emily KL <4672118+emilykl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 09:56:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] version bump 6.1.0

---
 pyproject.toml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5280c6de444..6ffbbbee865 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
 license = {file="LICENSE.txt"}
-version = "6.1.0rc0"
+version = "6.1.0"
 dependencies = [
     "narwhals>=1.15.1",
     "packaging"
@@ -114,4 +114,4 @@ skip_symlink = true
 
 "share/jupyter/labextensions/jupyterlab-plotly/static" = [
   "plotly/labextension/static/*.js"
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+]

From 5af8a6c7bafe5918dd0bb92374d882fb45a2fb9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emily KL <4672118+emilykl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 09:59:32 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update CHANGELOG.md

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c70c9cf1d19..688407f4649 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
-## [6.1.0rc0] - 2025-05-01
+## [6.1.0] - 2025-05-15
 
 ### Updated
-- Add support for Kaleido>=v1.0.0 for image generation, and deprecate support for Kaleido<1 and Orca [[#5062](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.py/pull/5062)]
+- Add support for Kaleido>=v1.0.0 for image generation [[#5062](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.py/pull/5062), [#5177](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.py/pull/5177)]
 - Reduce package bundle size by 18-24% via changes to code generation [[#4978](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.py/pull/4978)]
 
 ### Fixed