diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index a6ff60be8..3d3b269b9 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "+1": "0.0.0",
   "backend/graph-proxy": "0.1.18",
   "+2": "0.0.0",
-  "backend/sessionspaces": "0.1.5",
+  "backend/sessionspaces": "0.1.6",
   "+3": "0.0.0",
   "frontend/dashboard": "0.1.12",
   "+4": "0.0.0",
diff --git a/backend/sessionspaces/CHANGELOG.md b/backend/sessionspaces/CHANGELOG.md
index 35de41c9c..6e65b395b 100644
--- a/backend/sessionspaces/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/backend/sessionspaces/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.1.6](https://github.com/DiamondLightSource/workflows/compare/sessionspaces@v0.1.5...sessionspaces@v0.1.6) (2026-05-18)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **backend:** added test sessionspaces for development ([fa1b182](https://github.com/DiamondLightSource/workflows/commit/fa1b182c21cd92026e71809175379c3a3daf15a6))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **backend:** deterministically specify platform to allow dev env ([e564db1](https://github.com/DiamondLightSource/workflows/commit/e564db157a923c534eade5aa630253ad50afa396))
+
 ## [0.1.5](https://github.com/DiamondLightSource/workflows/compare/sessionspaces@v0.1.4...sessionspaces@v0.1.5) (2026-04-30)
 
 
diff --git a/backend/sessionspaces/Cargo.toml b/backend/sessionspaces/Cargo.toml
index 010e71c4d..c1ea4da3c 100644
--- a/backend/sessionspaces/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/sessionspaces/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "sessionspaces"
-version = "0.1.5"
+version = "0.1.6"
 edition = "2021"
 license-file = "../../LICENSE"
 
diff --git a/charts/sessionspaces/Chart.yaml b/charts/sessionspaces/Chart.yaml
index 5a169d843..14d940cf9 100644
--- a/charts/sessionspaces/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/sessionspaces/Chart.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: sessionspaces
 description: Namespace controller for creating session namespaces
 type: application
 version: 0.3.24
-appVersion: 0.1.5
+appVersion: 0.1.6
 dependencies:
   - name: common
     version: 2.23.0