diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b58ae23a..ffa16d13 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.uid2</groupId>
     <artifactId>uid2-shared</artifactId>
-    <version>11.6.0</version>
+    <version>11.6.1-alpha-359-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
     <description>Library for all the shared uid2 operations</description>
     <url>https://github.com/IABTechLab/uid2docs</url>
diff --git a/test-bot-pr-approval.txt b/test-bot-pr-approval.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..416fb014
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-bot-pr-approval.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Throwaway test for verifying bot-PR workflow approval behavior (post-2026-06-11 GitHub change).
+Safe to delete.