diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2a9bf3337..93d2ad663 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@
 # VSCode
 /.vscode/
 
+# AI assistants
+/.claude/
+CLAUDE.md
+.cursorrules
+.cursorignore
+.cursor/
+
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b7f014e47..f2c47dd2c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "detection_rules"
-version = "1.6.0"
+version = "1.6.1"
 description = "Detection Rules is the home for rules used by Elastic Security. This repository is used for the development, maintenance, testing, validation, and release of rules for Elastic Security’s Detection Engine."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"