diff --git a/.changelog/45.txt b/.changelog/45.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9db8d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/45.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+fix: update latest opentofu version in tests
+```
diff --git a/test/test_install_and_use.sh b/test/test_install_and_use.sh
index 40f57cd..90216b8 100755
--- a/test/test_install_and_use.sh
+++ b/test/test_install_and_use.sh
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ tests__kv=(
   "$(tofuenv list-remote | grep 'beta' | head -n 1),latest:beta"
   "$(tofuenv list-remote | grep 'rc' | head -n 1),latest:rc"
   "$(tofuenv list-remote | grep '^1\.6\.' | head -n 1),latest:^1.6."
-  '1.6.0,latest:^1\.6'
+  '1.6.1,latest:^1\.6'
   '1.6.0-alpha5'
   '1.6.0-rc1,v1.6.0-rc1'
 );
diff --git a/test/test_use_latestallowed.sh b/test/test_use_latestallowed.sh
index 6f98348..fcbfa42 100755
--- a/test/test_use_latestallowed.sh
+++ b/test/test_use_latestallowed.sh
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ echo "terraform {
 (
   tofuenv install latest-allowed;
   tofuenv use latest-allowed;
-  check_active_version 1.6.0;
+  check_active_version 1.6.1;
 ) || error_and_proceed 'Latest allowed version does not match';
 
 cleanup || log 'error' 'Cleanup failed?!';
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ echo "terraform {
 (
   tofuenv install latest-allowed;
   tofuenv use latest-allowed;
-  check_active_version 1.6.0;
+  check_active_version 1.6.1;
 ) || error_and_proceed 'Latest allowed incomplete-version does not match';
 
 cleanup || log 'error' 'Cleanup failed?!';
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ echo 'latest-allowed' > .opentofu-version;
 
 (
   TOFUENV_AUTO_INSTALL=true tofu version;
-  check_active_version 1.6.0;
+  check_active_version 1.6.1;
 ) || error_and_proceed 'Latest allowed auto-installed version does not match';
 
 cleanup || log 'error' 'Cleanup failed?!';
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ echo 'latest-allowed' > chdir-dir/.opentofu-version
 
 (
   TOFUENV_AUTO_INSTALL=true tofu -chdir=chdir-dir version;
-  check_active_version 1.6.0 chdir-dir;
+  check_active_version 1.6.1 chdir-dir;
 ) || error_and_proceed 'Latest allowed version from -chdir does not match';
 
 cleanup || log 'error' 'Cleanup failed?!';