diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 7deae338..59565e8e 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.6.0"
+  ".": "1.6.1"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e7a831f2..f164c88f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.6.1 (2025-05-08)
+
+Full Changelog: [v1.6.0...v1.6.1](https://github.com/openai/openai-java/compare/v1.6.0...v1.6.1)
+
+### Chores
+
+* **internal:** remove flaky `-Xbackend-threads=0` option ([1aec858](https://github.com/openai/openai-java/commit/1aec858db61e87065fa5d3f7fba94f601f71b3ac))
+
 ## 1.6.0 (2025-05-02)
 
 Full Changelog: [v1.5.1...v1.6.0](https://github.com/openai/openai-java/compare/v1.5.1...v1.6.0)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e6b82333..6a05116a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 
-[![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/com.openai/openai-java)](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.openai/openai-java/1.6.0)
-[![javadoc](https://javadoc.io/badge2/com.openai/openai-java/1.6.0/javadoc.svg)](https://javadoc.io/doc/com.openai/openai-java/1.6.0)
+[![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/com.openai/openai-java)](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.openai/openai-java/1.6.1)
+[![javadoc](https://javadoc.io/badge2/com.openai/openai-java/1.6.1/javadoc.svg)](https://javadoc.io/doc/com.openai/openai-java/1.6.1)
 
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ The OpenAI Java SDK provides convenient access to the [OpenAI REST API](https://
 
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 
-The REST API documentation can be found on [platform.openai.com](https://platform.openai.com/docs). Javadocs are available on [javadoc.io](https://javadoc.io/doc/com.openai/openai-java/1.6.0).
+The REST API documentation can be found on [platform.openai.com](https://platform.openai.com/docs). Javadocs are available on [javadoc.io](https://javadoc.io/doc/com.openai/openai-java/1.6.1).
 
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ The REST API documentation can be found on [platform.openai.com](https://platfor
 ### Gradle
 
 ```kotlin
-implementation("com.openai:openai-java:1.6.0")
+implementation("com.openai:openai-java:1.6.1")
 ```
 
 ### Maven
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ implementation("com.openai:openai-java:1.6.0")
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.openai</groupId>
   <artifactId>openai-java</artifactId>
-  <version>1.6.0</version>
+  <version>1.6.1</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index c74dcef5..47de6d33 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ repositories {
 
 allprojects {
     group = "com.openai"
-    version = "1.6.0" // x-release-please-version
+    version = "1.6.1" // x-release-please-version
 }
 
 subprojects {
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/openai.kotlin.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/openai.kotlin.gradle.kts
index 17777336..0405b0e5 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/openai.kotlin.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/openai.kotlin.gradle.kts
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ kotlin {
             // Suppress deprecation warnings because we may still reference and test deprecated members.
             // TODO: Replace with `-Xsuppress-warning=DEPRECATION` once we use Kotlin compiler 2.1.0+.
             "-nowarn",
-            // Use as many threads as there are CPU cores on the machine for compilation.
-            "-Xbackend-threads=0",
         )
         jvmTarget.set(JvmTarget.JVM_1_8)
         languageVersion.set(KotlinVersion.KOTLIN_1_8)