diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e2951b708770556b51ed4c05dc7e19ae782c7484..04da29791e8f1152ee1dde4f98c3dfec3cd896fe 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.1.0
 	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.2.2
 	github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api v0.8.0
-	github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/api v0.6.0
+	github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/api v0.6.1
 	github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api v0.7.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api v0.9.1
 	github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api v0.9.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2c8dc77e1af2a75a73686f8d55cd1e31b2572aba..3b46e996cd538e57d38b33b32bbc72f3cb867f3e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -190,8 +190,8 @@ github.com/fatih/camelcase v1.0.0/go.mod h1:yN2Sb0lFhZJUdVvtELVWefmrXpuZESvPmqwo
 github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0/go.mod h1:Zm6kSWBoL9eyXnKyktHP6abPY2pDugNf5KwzbycvMj4=
 github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api v0.8.0 h1:1P9GmneUbTVnKeEt/VJpr69YJfhh67EXqCcFhseJ8JA=
 github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api v0.8.0/go.mod h1:cFceNc/mOBa+Qi3NE8NDY2w3FAEectauTm8c10mcBis=
-github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/api v0.6.0 h1:pzxd970vnGzWlDmWXhQAhKJV0PaV9ByxaI7ezU0OaHo=
-github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/api v0.6.0/go.mod h1:8Q/baOONPrSJFMq7+zxp/t2WGrqVFRUx4HnTrg37pNE=
+github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/api v0.6.1 h1:LgjjNYXrVojfgjit37GA0SDYre3AaDabYzT7L6lWO7I=
+github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/api v0.6.1/go.mod h1:8Q/baOONPrSJFMq7+zxp/t2WGrqVFRUx4HnTrg37pNE=
 github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api v0.7.0 h1:Mlu9ybrL+MtWcaIex4+FOcYuk+0vA/7bYj8MxVvLR1A=
 github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api v0.7.0/go.mod h1:KHWknF2xu/GZ4uLSQcAmfONZYjsbwNqyk3OvMQTmMsA=
 github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api v0.9.1 h1:o6cxtLiXUdEeTJMxoeoLdld7hsgf7L4mNO6+i2MD2U8=
diff --git a/manifests/bases/image-automation-controller/kustomization.yaml b/manifests/bases/image-automation-controller/kustomization.yaml
index a9d71531d7068e81af8cd96d6b7d66227b7d9c54..e58dbe1f229ae16d0cf2fe29b10336de64ce98fd 100644
--- a/manifests/bases/image-automation-controller/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/manifests/bases/image-automation-controller/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 resources:
-- https://github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/releases/download/v0.6.0/image-automation-controller.crds.yaml
-- https://github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/releases/download/v0.6.0/image-automation-controller.deployment.yaml
+- https://github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/releases/download/v0.6.1/image-automation-controller.crds.yaml
+- https://github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/releases/download/v0.6.1/image-automation-controller.deployment.yaml
 - account.yaml
 patchesJson6902:
 - target: