diff --git a/releases/v1.6.0-beta.toml b/releases/v1.6.0-beta.toml
index e66c9b53f..01e32e814 100644
--- a/releases/v1.6.0-beta.toml
+++ b/releases/v1.6.0-beta.toml
@@ -18,33 +18,36 @@ support to increase overall compatibility and stability.
 
 #### Runtime
 
-* **Add runtime label to metrics** [#5744](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5744)
-* **Cleanup task delete logic in v2 shim** [#5813](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5813)
-* **Add support for shim plugins** [#5817](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5817)
-* **Add runc shim support for core scheduling** [#6011](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/6011)
-* **Update shim client connect attempt to fail fast when shim errors** [#6031](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/6031)
+* **Add runtime label to metrics** ([#5744](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5744))
+* **Cleanup task delete logic in v2 shim** ([#5813](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5813))
+* **Add support for shim plugins** ([#5817](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5817))
+* **Add runc shim support for core scheduling** ([#6011](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/6011))
+* **Update shim client connect attempt to fail fast when shim errors** ([#6031](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/6031))
 
 #### Windows
 
-* **Add support for Windows HostProcess containers** [#5131](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5131)
+* **Add support for Windows HostProcess containers** ([#5131](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5131))
+* **Add support for Windows resource limits** ([#5778](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5778))
 
 #### CRI
 
-* **Add CNI configuration based on runtime class** [#4695](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/4695)
-* **Add support for CRI v1 and v1alpha in parallel** [#5619](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5619)
-* **Add support for unified resources field for cgroups v2** [#5627](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5627)
-* **Add IP preference configuration for reporting pod IP** [#5964](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5964)
+* **Add CNI configuration based on runtime class** ([#4695](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/4695))
+* **Add support for CRI v1 and v1alpha in parallel** ([#5619](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5619))
+* **Add support for unified resources field for cgroups v2** ([#5627](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5627))
+* **Add IP preference configuration for reporting pod IP** ([#5964](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5964))
+* **Add namespace to ttrpc and grpc plugin connections** ([#6130](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/6130))
 
 #### Other
 
-* **Add a shared namespace label for cross-namespace content sharing** [#5043](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5043)
-* **Add support for client TLS Auth for grpc** [#5606](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5606)
-* **Add xfs support for devicemapper snapshotter** [#5610](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5610)
-* **Add metric exposing build version and revision** [#5965](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5965)
+* **Add a shared namespace label for cross-namespace content sharing** ([#5043](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5043))
+* **Add support for client TLS Auth for grpc** ([#5606](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5606))
+* **Add xfs support for devicemapper snapshotter** ([#5610](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5610))
+* **Add metric exposing build version and revision** ([#5965](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5965))
+* **Add OpenTelemetry trace injection to grpc client** ([#5992](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5992))
 
 #### Client
 
-* **Allow WithServices to use custom implementations** [#5709](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5709)
-* **Support custom compressor for walking differ** [#5735](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5735)
+* **Allow WithServices to use custom implementations** ([#5709](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5709))
+* **Support custom compressor for walking differ** ([#5735](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5735))
 
 See the changelog for complete list of changes"""
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 83fb9313f..42e3d9853 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ var (
 	Package = "github.com/containerd/containerd"
 
 	// Version holds the complete version number. Filled in at linking time.
-	Version = "1.6.0-beta.0+unknown"
+	Version = "1.6.0-beta.1+unknown"
 
 	// Revision is filled with the VCS (e.g. git) revision being used to build
 	// the program at linking time.