diff --git a/src/quantum/HISTORY.rst b/src/quantum/HISTORY.rst
index 4946fa5cf57..85657443ea8 100644
--- a/src/quantum/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/src/quantum/HISTORY.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 Release History
 ===============
 
+0.6.1
+++++++
+* [2021-07-22] Reduced the lenghth of the user agent reported by the tool.
+
 0.6.0
 ++++++
 * [2021-07-20] Version intended to work with QDK version v0.18.2106.148911
diff --git a/src/quantum/azext_quantum/__init__.py b/src/quantum/azext_quantum/__init__.py
index baf1a936ddf..4476243b744 100644
--- a/src/quantum/azext_quantum/__init__.py
+++ b/src/quantum/azext_quantum/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # This is the version reported by the CLI to the service when submitting requests.
 # This should be in sync with the extension version in 'setup.py', unless we need to
 # submit using a different version.
-CLI_REPORTED_VERSION = "0.6.0"
+CLI_REPORTED_VERSION = "0.6.1"
 
 
 class QuantumCommandsLoader(AzCommandsLoader):
diff --git a/src/quantum/azext_quantum/_client_factory.py b/src/quantum/azext_quantum/_client_factory.py
index d66877f44a0..cdfbe9f14f9 100644
--- a/src/quantum/azext_quantum/_client_factory.py
+++ b/src/quantum/azext_quantum/_client_factory.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def _get_data_credentials(cli_ctx, subscription_id=None):
 
 
 def get_appid():
-    return f"azure-cli-extension/{CLI_REPORTED_VERSION}"
+    return f"az-cli-ext/{CLI_REPORTED_VERSION}"
 
 
 # Control Plane clients
diff --git a/src/quantum/setup.py b/src/quantum/setup.py
index d89b9eb8e48..0aa578ccc2d 100644
--- a/src/quantum/setup.py
+++ b/src/quantum/setup.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # This version should match the latest entry in HISTORY.rst
 # Also, when updating this, please review the version used by the extension to
 # submit requests, which can be found at './azext_quantum/__init__.py'
-VERSION = '0.6.0'
+VERSION = '0.6.1'
 
 # The full list of classifiers is available at
 # https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers