diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b21b3e37..b2a9e8f7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,28 @@
+## [0.1.0-rc.6](https://github.com/kaelio/ktx/compare/v0.1.0-rc.5...v0.1.0-rc.6) (2026-05-18)
+
+### Features
+
+* **cli:** add read-only sql command ([#126](https://github.com/kaelio/ktx/issues/126)) ([33a142f](https://github.com/kaelio/ktx/commit/33a142f7690b5682e129b08108d452af5311e975))
+* **cli:** improve search ranking output ([#123](https://github.com/kaelio/ktx/issues/123)) ([74be832](https://github.com/kaelio/ktx/commit/74be832aea5469333f147750931f302859ebc0f8))
+* **ingest:** default local ingest to isolated diffs ([#128](https://github.com/kaelio/ktx/issues/128)) ([e64da5a](https://github.com/kaelio/ktx/commit/e64da5a85df4c0c3368b03d058104e4e11532fef))
+* **ingest:** export finalization adapter contract types ([ac861ca](https://github.com/kaelio/ktx/commit/ac861caddbe775ab316460b8d9498036ad2ee336))
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* accept ingest wiki forward refs ([#125](https://github.com/kaelio/ktx/issues/125)) ([f49672b](https://github.com/kaelio/ktx/commit/f49672ba5b28ac0e2032a7d857bd1f1b265bd5f2))
+* **cli:** build runtime assets during dev setup ([#121](https://github.com/kaelio/ktx/issues/121)) ([de72a10](https://github.com/kaelio/ktx/commit/de72a10ffb9bedc154ceb499df4f41665b2f9541))
+* improve ingest runtime readiness ([#124](https://github.com/kaelio/ktx/issues/124)) ([c89af77](https://github.com/kaelio/ktx/commit/c89af7733a9bc06a01401343004ce066eab81917))
+* improve setup wizard behavior ([#127](https://github.com/kaelio/ktx/issues/127)) ([d1c84e5](https://github.com/kaelio/ktx/commit/d1c84e5564d1c3c8d39c612c4acd6b7c5c5f2e88))
+* **release:** repair next npm release workflow ([#122](https://github.com/kaelio/ktx/issues/122)) ([d3d58a2](https://github.com/kaelio/ktx/commit/d3d58a279bf1054aa5440a55c111ff4c21fa4cec))
+
+### Documentation
+
+* **plans:** add adapter-owned finalization v1 closure plan ([c513d61](https://github.com/kaelio/ktx/commit/c513d61dcae8620c34ce81bfc7672bbc5766cd52))
+
+### Tests
+
+* **ingest:** exercise historic sql finalization locally ([74f1f0e](https://github.com/kaelio/ktx/commit/74f1f0e761b71922c5c41848bc33e9172950d064))
+
 ## [0.1.0-rc.5](https://github.com/kaelio/ktx/compare/v0.1.0-rc.4...v0.1.0-rc.5) (2026-05-16)
 
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1437fe7a..a7837bd8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ktx-workspace",
-  "version": "0.1.0-rc.5",
+  "version": "0.1.0-rc.6",
   "description": "Workspace root for ktx packages",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/release-policy.json b/release-policy.json
index cca85984..50453960 100644
--- a/release-policy.json
+++ b/release-policy.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "schemaVersion": 1,
-  "publicNpmPackageVersion": "0.1.0-rc.5",
+  "publicNpmPackageVersion": "0.1.0-rc.6",
   "releaseMode": "npm-public-release-ready",
   "npm": {
     "publish": true,
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   },
   "publishedPackageSmoke": {
     "packageName": "@kaelio/ktx",
-    "version": "0.1.0-rc.5",
+    "version": "0.1.0-rc.6",
     "registry": null
   },
   "runtimeInstaller": {