diff --git a/DEPENDENCIES b/DEPENDENCIES
index 2ad17a7..9e2e755 100644
--- a/DEPENDENCIES
+++ b/DEPENDENCIES
@@ -170,43 +170,43 @@ maven/mavencentral/org.codehaus.plexus/plexus-container-default/2.1.0, Apache-2.
 maven/mavencentral/org.codehaus.plexus/plexus-utils/3.1.1, , approved, CQ16492
 maven/mavencentral/org.codehaus.plexus/plexus-utils/3.3.0, , approved, CQ21066
 maven/mavencentral/org.conscrypt/conscrypt-openjdk-uber/2.5.2, Apache-2.0, approved, clearlydefined
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/autodoc-processor/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/boot/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/catalog-spi/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/connector-core/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/control-plane-api-client-spi/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/core-spi/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/crypto-common/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/data-plane-core/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/data-plane-spi/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/data-plane-util/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/http-spi/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/http/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/identity-did-spi/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/identity-trust-spi/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/jersey-core/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/jersey-providers/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/jetty-core/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/json-ld-spi/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/junit/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/jwt-spi/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/policy-engine-spi/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/policy-engine/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/policy-evaluator/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/policy-model/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/runtime-metamodel/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/state-machine/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/token-core/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/token-spi/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/transaction-datasource-spi/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/transaction-spi/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/transfer-spi/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/transform-core/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/transform-spi/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/util/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/validator-core/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/validator-spi/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/web-spi/0.5.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/autodoc-processor/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/boot/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/catalog-spi/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/connector-core/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/control-plane-api-client-spi/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/core-spi/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/crypto-common/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/data-plane-core/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/data-plane-spi/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/data-plane-util/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/http-spi/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/http/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/identity-did-spi/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/identity-trust-spi/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/jersey-core/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/jersey-providers/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/jetty-core/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/json-ld-spi/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/junit/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/jwt-spi/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/policy-engine-spi/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/policy-engine/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/policy-evaluator/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/policy-model/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/runtime-metamodel/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/state-machine/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/token-core/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/token-spi/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/transaction-datasource-spi/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/transaction-spi/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/transfer-spi/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/transform-core/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/transform-spi/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/util/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/validator-core/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/validator-spi/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/web-spi/0.6.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
 maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.jetty.toolchain/jetty-jakarta-servlet-api/5.0.2, EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0, approved, rt.jetty
 maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.jetty.toolchain/jetty-jakarta-websocket-api/2.0.0, EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0, approved, rt.jetty
 maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.jetty.websocket/websocket-core-client/11.0.20, EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0, approved, rt.jetty
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index b962181..5843729 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 group=org.eclipse.edc
-version=0.5.2-SNAPSHOT
+version=0.6.1-SNAPSHOT
 
 # configure the build:
-annotationProcessorVersion=0.5.2-SNAPSHOT
-edcGradlePluginsVersion=0.5.2-SNAPSHOT
-metaModelVersion=0.5.2-SNAPSHOT
+annotationProcessorVersion=0.6.1-SNAPSHOT
+edcGradlePluginsVersion=0.6.1-SNAPSHOT
+metaModelVersion=0.6.1-SNAPSHOT
 
 # used for publishing artifacts and plugins
 techGcpScmConnection=scm:git:git@github.com:eclipse-edc/Technology-Gcp.git
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 9cfb5dd..901e3e4 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 format.version = "1.1"
 
 [versions]
-edc = "0.5.2-SNAPSHOT"
+edc = "0.6.1-SNAPSHOT"
 failsafe = "3.3.1"
 googleCloudBom = "26.33.0"
 googleApisIam = "v2-rev20240108-2.0.0"