diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bd6dc02..7c1cb64 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ for GitHub Release notes, so every published version must have a matching
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.6.1] - 2026-07-22
+
 ### Added
 
 - Expose `fmtview::view` as a narrow public embedding facade for interactive
@@ -25,7 +27,9 @@ for GitHub Release notes, so every published version must have a matching
 ### Fixed
 
 - Keep forward and backward search sessions aware of committed records appended
-  after the search began, including when repeating a completed miss.
+  after the search began, including when repeating a completed miss. Preserve
+  source ordering across lazy older loads, repeated backward appends, and short
+  timeline reads so active searches neither reorder matches nor skip records.
 
 ## [0.6.0] - 2026-07-22
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f53d2d8..89009e6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fmtview"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.6.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "assert_cmd",
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fmtview-core"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.6.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "memchr",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 95ac3a7..88d1e74 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ resolver = "3"
 
 [package]
 name = "fmtview"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.6.1"
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.85"
 description = "Fast CLI viewer for highlighting, search, and diffs across JSON, JSONL, HTML/XML, Markdown, TOML, text, and Jinja"
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ exclude = [".github/", "npm/"]
 anyhow = "1.0.102"
 clap = { version = "4.6.1", features = ["derive"] }
 crossterm = "0.29.0"
-fmtview-core = { version = "0.6.0", path = "crates/fmtview-core" }
+fmtview-core = { version = "0.6.1", path = "crates/fmtview-core" }
 ratatui = { version = "0.30.0", default-features = false, features = ["crossterm"] }
 tempfile = "3.27.0"
 
diff --git a/crates/fmtview-core/Cargo.toml b/crates/fmtview-core/Cargo.toml
index 95bc76f..220cf38 100644
--- a/crates/fmtview-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/fmtview-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "fmtview-core"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.6.1"
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.85"
 description = "Headless viewer engine for fmtview"
diff --git a/npm/fmtview/package.json b/npm/fmtview/package.json
index 07a3663..1805206 100644
--- a/npm/fmtview/package.json
+++ b/npm/fmtview/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "fmtview",
-  "version": "0.6.0",
+  "version": "0.6.1",
   "description": "Fast CLI viewer for highlighting, search, and diffs across JSON, JSONL, HTML/XML, Markdown, TOML, text, and Jinja",
   "license": "MIT",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/siriusctrl/fmtview#readme",