diff --git a/build/Dockerfile.nginx b/build/Dockerfile.nginx
index cd01c66b98..f4da6e0b63 100644
--- a/build/Dockerfile.nginx
+++ b/build/Dockerfile.nginx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ADD --link --chown=101:1001 https://cs.nginx.com/static/keys/nginx_signing.rsa.p
 FROM nginx:1.29.3-alpine-otel
 
 # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=nginx/agent
-ARG NGINX_AGENT_VERSION=v3.6.0
+ARG NGINX_AGENT_VERSION=v3.6.1
 ARG NJS_DIR
 ARG NGINX_CONF_DIR
 ARG BUILD_AGENT
diff --git a/build/Dockerfile.nginxplus b/build/Dockerfile.nginxplus
index 549fa3de47..deeb7d47f1 100644
--- a/build/Dockerfile.nginxplus
+++ b/build/Dockerfile.nginxplus
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ FROM alpine:3.22
 
 ARG NGINX_PLUS_VERSION=R36
 # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=nginx/agent
-ARG NGINX_AGENT_VERSION=v3.6.0
+ARG NGINX_AGENT_VERSION=v3.6.1
 ARG NJS_DIR
 ARG NGINX_CONF_DIR
 ARG BUILD_AGENT
diff --git a/build/ubi/Dockerfile.nginx b/build/ubi/Dockerfile.nginx
index 9a612a4cea..ab490c9add 100644
--- a/build/ubi/Dockerfile.nginx
+++ b/build/ubi/Dockerfile.nginx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ FROM ghcr.io/nginx/dependencies/nginx-ubi:ubi9@sha256:c69c8a1d3255d5adaa30de2332
 FROM redhat/ubi9-minimal:9.7-1764794109 AS ubi-nginx
 
 # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=nginx/agent
-ARG NGINX_AGENT_VERSION=v3.6.0
+ARG NGINX_AGENT_VERSION=v3.6.1
 ARG NJS_DIR
 ARG NGINX_CONF_DIR
 ARG BUILD_AGENT
diff --git a/build/ubi/Dockerfile.nginxplus b/build/ubi/Dockerfile.nginxplus
index 08b477d991..a760b50336 100644
--- a/build/ubi/Dockerfile.nginxplus
+++ b/build/ubi/Dockerfile.nginxplus
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ FROM redhat/ubi9-minimal:9.7-1764794109 AS ubi-nginx-plus
 ARG NGINX_PLUS_VERSION=R36
 
 # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=nginx/agent
-ARG NGINX_AGENT_VERSION=v3.6.0
+ARG NGINX_AGENT_VERSION=v3.6.1
 ARG NJS_DIR
 ARG NGINX_CONF_DIR
 ARG BUILD_AGENT
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 22aac6b3a2..2e2fcc8a89 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
-	github.com/nginx/agent/v3 v3.6.0
+	github.com/nginx/agent/v3 v3.6.1
 	github.com/nginx/telemetry-exporter v0.1.4
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.27.3
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.38.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1e66e5ae32..913e02e874 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ github.com/morikuni/aec v1.0.0 h1:nP9CBfwrvYnBRgY6qfDQkygYDmYwOilePFkwzv4dU8A=
 github.com/morikuni/aec v1.0.0/go.mod h1:BbKIizmSmc5MMPqRYbxO4ZU0S0+P200+tUnFx7PXmsc=
 github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 h1:C3w9PqII01/Oq1c1nUAm88MOHcQC9l5mIlSMApZMrHA=
 github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822/go.mod h1:+n7T8mK8HuQTcFwEeznm/DIxMOiR9yIdICNftLE1DvQ=
-github.com/nginx/agent/v3 v3.6.0 h1:RRqEBV3+dl0ByFRZVl7ITLDxyj9qPtENKL32K0uwoAI=
-github.com/nginx/agent/v3 v3.6.0/go.mod h1:VCyoBL7xiiY2kawECdb9ZH5e+zDJFUJbVEpzKu2sHC0=
+github.com/nginx/agent/v3 v3.6.1 h1:CJS88/IkWBJWaIaCd+J8s2MSYsaRpIFxqpUcdzRqbuA=
+github.com/nginx/agent/v3 v3.6.1/go.mod h1:VCyoBL7xiiY2kawECdb9ZH5e+zDJFUJbVEpzKu2sHC0=
 github.com/nginx/nginx-plus-go-client/v3 v3.0.1 h1:SU8MoRQVSa1aXqNUI3fc+OA9GM30aqAhV4yBWs9tD2s=
 github.com/nginx/nginx-plus-go-client/v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:PjlGB6drb5RCWnUp1XDTlzKFPRI2a3ePg2kNCb1AN94=
 github.com/nginx/telemetry-exporter v0.1.4 h1:3ikgKlyz/O57oaBLkxCInMjr74AhGTKr9rHdRAkkl/w=