diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 8576367b..0b094550 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.60.10
+0.61.0
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts b/frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts
index e8fabff9..dac29f9a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,21 @@ export interface ReleaseEntry {
 }
 
 export const RELEASE_NOTES: ReleaseEntry[] = [
+  {
+    version: "0.61.0",
+    date: "2026-08-11",
+    features: [
+      "You can now set a channel's feed priority right from its own page — the same stepper as the channel manager, with press-and-hold to change it quickly or click the number to type a value.",
+      "Playing a Plex series now rolls straight into the next season: when a season's last episode ends, the following season's first episode plays automatically.",
+    ],
+    fixes: [
+      "Refreshed hover on the feed and Plex cards: the thumbnail or poster now gently zooms in place instead of the whole card lifting, and Plex posters gained the same depth and title alignment as video cards.",
+      "The left navigation is now a slim icon rail — each icon shows its name in a small label when you hover it or tab to it with the keyboard.",
+      "The filter sidebar no longer springs open just because you moved the pointer toward the navigation; it opens only when you actually point at its tab.",
+      "With a background image on, Plex artwork now fills the whole screen behind the app instead of only the content area.",
+      "When a video finishes and nothing is queued next, the player returns to the previous page instead of leaving a black screen.",
+    ],
+  },
   {
     version: "0.60.10",
     date: "2026-08-11",