diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eb3369e..9fca1ea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [7.6.1] - 2024-01-02
+### Changed
+- Pin gson dependency to 2.9.0 to avoid dependency convergence issues with DSpace
+
 ## [7.6] - 2024-01-02
 ### Updated
 - `iso_3166-1.json` from iso-codes 4.13.0-SNAPSHOT, which [adds common names for Iran, Laos, and Syria](https://salsa.debian.org/iso-codes-team/iso-codes/-/merge_requests/32)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e96247e..30ceeb9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ To use these curation tasks in a DSpace project add the following dependency to
 <dependency>
   <groupId>io.github.ilri.cgspace</groupId>
   <artifactId>cgspace-java-helpers</artifactId>
-  <version>7.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>7.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ $ mvn package
 Copy the resulting jar to the DSpace `lib` directory:
 
 ```console
-$ cp target/cgspace-java-helpers-7.6-SNAPSHOT.jar ~/dspace/lib/
+$ cp target/cgspace-java-helpers-7.6.1-SNAPSHOT.jar ~/dspace/lib/
 ```
 
 ## Configuration
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d742169..34f9281 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <groupId>io.github.ilri.cgspace</groupId>
   <artifactId>cgspace-java-helpers</artifactId>
-  <version>7.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>7.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <name>cgspace-java-helpers</name>
   <url>https://github.com/ilri/cgspace-java-helpers</url>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/github/ilri/cgspace/ctasks/README.md b/src/main/java/io/github/ilri/cgspace/ctasks/README.md
index d8beee1..996e6eb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/github/ilri/cgspace/ctasks/README.md
+++ b/src/main/java/io/github/ilri/cgspace/ctasks/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ To use these curation tasks in a DSpace project add the following dependency to
 <dependency>
   <groupId>io.github.ilri.cgspace</groupId>
   <artifactId>cgspace-java-helpers</artifactId>
-  <version>7.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>7.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ $ mvn package
 Copy the resulting jar to the DSpace `lib` directory:
 
 ```
-$ cp target/cgspace-java-helpers-7.6-SNAPSHOT.jar ~/dspace/lib/
+$ cp target/cgspace-java-helpers-7.6.1-SNAPSHOT.jar ~/dspace/lib/
 ```
 
 ## Configuration
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/github/ilri/cgspace/scripts/README.md b/src/main/java/io/github/ilri/cgspace/scripts/README.md
index ded8aca..4f52823 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/github/ilri/cgspace/scripts/README.md
+++ b/src/main/java/io/github/ilri/cgspace/scripts/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ To use these curation tasks in a DSpace project add the following dependency to
 <dependency>
   <groupId>io.github.ilri.cgspace</groupId>
   <artifactId>cgspace-java-helpers</artifactId>
-  <version>7.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>7.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ $ mvn package
 Copy the resulting jar to the DSpace `lib` directory:
 
 ```console
-$ cp target/cgspace-java-helpers-7.6-SNAPSHOT.jar ~/dspace/lib/
+$ cp target/cgspace-java-helpers-7.6.1-SNAPSHOT.jar ~/dspace/lib/
 ```
 
 ## Invocation