diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index b5042296747..a61cb44b808 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "packages/calcite-components": "1.6.0",
-  "packages/calcite-components-react": "1.6.0",
+  "packages/calcite-components": "1.6.1",
+  "packages/calcite-components-react": "1.6.1",
   "packages/eslint-plugin-calcite-components": "0.2.2"
 }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index de53ee7ac4b..de68ed1e8bf 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -42525,7 +42525,7 @@
     },
     "packages/calcite-components": {
       "name": "@esri/calcite-components",
-      "version": "1.6.1-next.2",
+      "version": "1.6.1",
       "license": "SEE LICENSE.md",
       "dependencies": {
         "@floating-ui/dom": "1.5.1",
@@ -42552,10 +42552,10 @@
     },
     "packages/calcite-components-react": {
       "name": "@esri/calcite-components-react",
-      "version": "1.6.1-next.2",
+      "version": "1.6.1",
       "license": "SEE LICENSE.md",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@esri/calcite-components": "^1.6.1-next.2"
+        "@esri/calcite-components": "^1.6.1"
       },
       "peerDependencies": {
         "react": ">=16.7",
@@ -44777,7 +44777,7 @@
     "@esri/calcite-components-react": {
       "version": "file:packages/calcite-components-react",
       "requires": {
-        "@esri/calcite-components": "^1.6.1-next.2"
+        "@esri/calcite-components": "^1.6.1"
       }
     },
     "@esri/calcite-design-tokens": {
diff --git a/packages/calcite-components-react/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/calcite-components-react/CHANGELOG.md
index aa5632aa05a..2787a5ab2a1 100644
--- a/packages/calcite-components-react/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/calcite-components-react/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,17 +3,17 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 See [Conventional Commits](https://conventionalcommits.org) for commit guidelines.
 
-## [1.6.1-next.2](https://github.com/Esri/calcite-design-system/compare/@esri/calcite-components-react@1.6.1-next.1...@esri/calcite-components-react@1.6.1-next.2) (2023-08-18)
+## [1.6.1](https://github.com/Esri/calcite-design-system/compare/@esri/calcite-components-react@1.6.0...@esri/calcite-components-react@1.6.1) (2023-08-18)
 
-**Note:** Version bump only for package @esri/calcite-components-react
-
-## [1.6.1-next.1](https://github.com/Esri/calcite-design-system/compare/@esri/calcite-components-react@1.6.1-next.0...@esri/calcite-components-react@1.6.1-next.1) (2023-08-16)
+### Miscellaneous Chores
 
-**Note:** Version bump only for package @esri/calcite-components-react
+- **@esri/calcite-components-react:** Synchronize undefined versions
 
-## [1.6.1-next.0](https://github.com/Esri/calcite-design-system/compare/@esri/calcite-components-react@1.6.0...@esri/calcite-components-react@1.6.1-next.0) (2023-08-15)
+### Dependencies
 
-**Note:** Version bump only for package @esri/calcite-components-react
+- The following workspace dependencies were updated
+  - dependencies
+    - @esri/calcite-components bumped from ^1.6.1-next.2 to ^1.6.1
 
 ## [1.6.0](https://github.com/Esri/calcite-design-system/compare/@esri/calcite-components-react@1.5.1...@esri/calcite-components-react@1.6.0) (2023-08-15)
 
diff --git a/packages/calcite-components-react/package.json b/packages/calcite-components-react/package.json
index 709afba2a4c..3cb1b56ff11 100644
--- a/packages/calcite-components-react/package.json
+++ b/packages/calcite-components-react/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@esri/calcite-components-react",
   "sideEffects": false,
-  "version": "1.6.1-next.2",
+  "version": "1.6.1",
   "description": "A set of React components that wrap calcite components",
   "license": "SEE LICENSE.md",
   "scripts": {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "dist/"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "@esri/calcite-components": "^1.6.1-next.2"
+    "@esri/calcite-components": "^1.6.1"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "react": ">=16.7",
diff --git a/packages/calcite-components/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/calcite-components/CHANGELOG.md
index 4f6ccc9edef..4ebcf528022 100644
--- a/packages/calcite-components/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/calcite-components/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,21 +3,12 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 See [Conventional Commits](https://conventionalcommits.org) for commit guidelines.
 
-## [1.6.1-next.2](https://github.com/Esri/calcite-design-system/compare/@esri/calcite-components@1.6.1-next.1...@esri/calcite-components@1.6.1-next.2) (2023-08-18)
+## [1.6.1](https://github.com/Esri/calcite-design-system/compare/@esri/calcite-components@1.6.0...@esri/calcite-components@1.6.1) (2023-08-18)
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
-- fix open/close event emitting in Safari ([#7551](https://github.com/Esri/calcite-design-system/issues/7551)) ([a68b053](https://github.com/Esri/calcite-design-system/commit/a68b053601840745879820c178a14fe6913220e3)), closes [#7180](https://github.com/Esri/calcite-design-system/issues/7180)
-
-## [1.6.1-next.1](https://github.com/Esri/calcite-design-system/compare/@esri/calcite-components@1.6.1-next.0...@esri/calcite-components@1.6.1-next.1) (2023-08-16)
-
-### Bug Fixes
-
-- **action-bar:** restore "bottom-actions" slot functionality. ([#7535](https://github.com/Esri/calcite-design-system/issues/7535)) ([3aa9afa](https://github.com/Esri/calcite-design-system/commit/3aa9afaef487bbf016cca40d977be2a274eb9fe3)), closes [#7534](https://github.com/Esri/calcite-design-system/issues/7534)
-
-## [1.6.1-next.0](https://github.com/Esri/calcite-design-system/compare/@esri/calcite-components@1.6.0...@esri/calcite-components@1.6.1-next.0) (2023-08-15)
-
-**Note:** Version bump only for package @esri/calcite-components
+- **action-bar:** Restore "bottom-actions" slot functionality. ([#7535](https://github.com/Esri/calcite-design-system/issues/7535)) ([3aa9afa](https://github.com/Esri/calcite-design-system/commit/3aa9afaef487bbf016cca40d977be2a274eb9fe3))
+- Fix open/close event emitting in Safari ([#7551](https://github.com/Esri/calcite-design-system/issues/7551)) ([a68b053](https://github.com/Esri/calcite-design-system/commit/a68b053601840745879820c178a14fe6913220e3))
 
 ## [1.6.0](https://github.com/Esri/calcite-design-system/compare/@esri/calcite-components@1.5.1...@esri/calcite-components@1.6.0) (2023-08-15)
 
diff --git a/packages/calcite-components/package.json b/packages/calcite-components/package.json
index c5baf980a27..b3b756b62df 100644
--- a/packages/calcite-components/package.json
+++ b/packages/calcite-components/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@esri/calcite-components",
-  "version": "1.6.1-next.2",
+  "version": "1.6.1",
   "description": "Web Components for Esri's Calcite Design System.",
   "main": "dist/index.cjs.js",
   "module": "dist/index.js",
diff --git a/packages/calcite-components/readme.md b/packages/calcite-components/readme.md
index 961439947f0..26e37f3d7d7 100644
--- a/packages/calcite-components/readme.md
+++ b/packages/calcite-components/readme.md
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ The most common approach for loading Calcite Components is to use the version ho
 ```html
 <script
   type="module"
-  src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@esri/calcite-components@1.6.0/dist/calcite/calcite.esm.js"
+  src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@esri/calcite-components@1.6.1/dist/calcite/calcite.esm.js"
 ></script>
 <link
   rel="stylesheet"
   type="text/css"
-  href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@esri/calcite-components@1.6.0/dist/calcite/calcite.css"
+  href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@esri/calcite-components@1.6.1/dist/calcite/calcite.css"
 />
 ```