diff --git a/ballerina/Ballerina.toml b/ballerina/Ballerina.toml
index ce3de3f4..b970c2de 100644
--- a/ballerina/Ballerina.toml
+++ b/ballerina/Ballerina.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 org = "ballerina"
 name = "persist"
-version = "1.6.0"
+version = "1.6.1"
 authors = ["Ballerina"]
 keywords = ["persist"]
 repository = "https://github.com/ballerina-platform/module-ballerina-persist"
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ graalvmCompatible = true
 [[platform.java21.dependency]]
 groupId = "io.ballerina.stdlib"
 artifactId = "persist-native"
-version = "1.6.0"
-path = "../native/build/libs/persist-native-1.6.0.jar"
+version = "1.6.1"
+path = "../native/build/libs/persist-native-1.6.1-SNAPSHOT.jar"
diff --git a/ballerina/CompilerPlugin.toml b/ballerina/CompilerPlugin.toml
index 440e6e2f..7ec936f0 100644
--- a/ballerina/CompilerPlugin.toml
+++ b/ballerina/CompilerPlugin.toml
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ id = "persist-compiler-plugin"
 class = "io.ballerina.stdlib.persist.compiler.PersistCompilerPlugin"
 
 [[dependency]]
-path = "../compiler-plugin/build/libs/persist-compiler-plugin-1.6.0.jar"
+path = "../compiler-plugin/build/libs/persist-compiler-plugin-1.6.1-SNAPSHOT.jar"
diff --git a/ballerina/Dependencies.toml b/ballerina/Dependencies.toml
index d431b201..726f4fbc 100644
--- a/ballerina/Dependencies.toml
+++ b/ballerina/Dependencies.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ modules = [
 [[package]]
 org = "ballerina"
 name = "persist"
-version = "1.6.0"
+version = "1.6.1"
 dependencies = [
 	{org = "ballerina", name = "jballerina.java"}
 ]
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e7a61628..1aeb8354 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ subprojects {
         jbalTools ("org.ballerinalang:jballerina-tools:${ballerinaLangVersion}") {
             transitive = false
         }
+
+        /* Ballerina Internal Libraries */
+        ballerinaStdLibs "io.ballerina:observe-ballerina:${observeInternalVersion}"
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 70089956..351ad69c 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@ ballerinaGradlePluginVersion=2.3.0
 
 ballerinaLangVersion=2201.12.0
 
-# Direct Dependencies
-
-# Level 01
-stdlibTimeVersion=2.7.0
+# Ballerina Internal Dependencies required for testing
+observeInternalVersion=1.5.0
 
 # Enabled publishing insecure checksums, due to fail to publish to maven central
 # Refer https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/11308