diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 8ace9152..0f6aa44e 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "6.1.0"
+  ".": "6.1.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7cff7a7d..f969d3ab 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [6.1.1](https://github.com/eslint/markdown/compare/v6.1.0...v6.1.1) (2024-09-26)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Account for BOM in the processor ([#282](https://github.com/eslint/markdown/issues/282)) ([01bceae](https://github.com/eslint/markdown/commit/01bceae60fd229fbbaddf6bddffb9ec3933e8605))
+* Remove peer dependency ([#284](https://github.com/eslint/markdown/issues/284)) ([2cf3c6b](https://github.com/eslint/markdown/commit/2cf3c6bb7a3572e868bbb271c56763cb0bc9172f))
+
 ## [6.1.0](https://github.com/eslint/markdown/compare/v6.0.0...v6.1.0) (2024-09-02)
 
 
diff --git a/jsr.json b/jsr.json
index 49f6e045..6f7bfb99 100644
--- a/jsr.json
+++ b/jsr.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@eslint/markdown",
-  "version": "6.1.0",
+  "version": "6.1.1",
   "exports": "./dist/esm/index.js",
   "publish": {
     "include": [
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 68e105e7..8c977348 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@eslint/markdown",
-  "version": "6.1.0",
+  "version": "6.1.1",
   "description": "The official ESLint language plugin for Markdown",
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": {
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 3ac39a01..1a027762 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ const processorRulesConfig = {
 const plugin = {
 	meta: {
 		name: "@eslint/markdown",
-		version: "6.1.0", // x-release-please-version
+		version: "6.1.1", // x-release-please-version
 	},
 	processors: {
 		markdown: processor,
diff --git a/src/processor.js b/src/processor.js
index e417b606..b38ed779 100644
--- a/src/processor.js
+++ b/src/processor.js
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ function postprocess(messages, filename) {
 export const processor = {
 	meta: {
 		name: "@eslint/markdown/markdown",
-		version: "6.1.0", // x-release-please-version
+		version: "6.1.1", // x-release-please-version
 	},
 	preprocess,
 	postprocess,