diff --git a/.release-notes/lori-0.6.1.md b/.release-notes/lori-0.6.1.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## Update ponylang/lori dependency to 0.6.1
+
+We've updated the dependency on [ponylang/lori](https://github.com/ponylang/lori) to version 0.6.1. The new version of lori comes with some stability improvements.
diff --git a/corral.json b/corral.json
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     },
     {
       "locator": "github.com/ponylang/lori.git",
-      "version": "0.6.0"
+      "version": "0.6.1"
     }
   ],
   "info": {