diff --git a/eng/pipelines/variables/akv-official-variables.yml b/eng/pipelines/variables/akv-official-variables.yml
index f30f0e67e4..8e602cb8f9 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/variables/akv-official-variables.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/variables/akv-official-variables.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ variables:
 
     # Base Variables -------------------------------------------------------
     - name: mdsPackageVersion
-      value: '6.1.0'
+      value: '6.1.1'
 
     # @TODO: Version should ideally be pulled from one location (versions.props?)
     - name: versionMajor
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ variables:
     - name: versionMinor
       value: '1'
     - name: versionPatch
-      value: '0'
+      value: '1'
     - name: versionPreview
       value: '-preview1'
 
diff --git a/tools/specs/add-ons/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.AlwaysEncrypted.AzureKeyVaultProvider.nuspec b/tools/specs/add-ons/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.AlwaysEncrypted.AzureKeyVaultProvider.nuspec
index 968237fd36..2140a32e7a 100644
--- a/tools/specs/add-ons/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.AlwaysEncrypted.AzureKeyVaultProvider.nuspec
+++ b/tools/specs/add-ons/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.AlwaysEncrypted.AzureKeyVaultProvider.nuspec
@@ -25,19 +25,19 @@ Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.AlwaysEncrypted.AzureKeyStoreProvider.SqlColumnEncrypti
     <tags>sqlclient microsoft.data.sqlclient azurekeyvaultprovider akvprovider alwaysencrypted</tags>
     <dependencies>
       <group targetFramework="net462">
-        <dependency id="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" version="[6.1.0,7.0.0)" />
+        <dependency id="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" version="[6.1.1,7.0.0)" />
         <dependency id="Azure.Core" version="[1.47.1,2.0.0)" />
         <dependency id="Azure.Security.KeyVault.Keys" version="[4.7.0,5.0.0)" />
         <dependency id="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" version="8.0.1" />
       </group>
       <group targetFramework="net8.0">
-        <dependency id="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" version="[6.1.0,7.0.0)" />
+        <dependency id="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" version="[6.1.1,7.0.0)" />
         <dependency id="Azure.Core" version="[1.47.1,2.0.0)" />
         <dependency id="Azure.Security.KeyVault.Keys" version="[4.7.0,5.0.0)" />
         <dependency id="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" version="8.0.1" />
       </group>
       <group targetFramework="net9.0">
-        <dependency id="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" version="[6.1.0,7.0.0)" />
+        <dependency id="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" version="[6.1.1,7.0.0)" />
         <dependency id="Azure.Core" version="[1.47.1,2.0.0)" />
         <dependency id="Azure.Security.KeyVault.Keys" version="[4.7.0,5.0.0)" />
         <dependency id="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" version="9.0.4" />