diff --git a/cmd/prb/CHANGELOG.md b/cmd/prb/CHANGELOG.md
index 8b0ec373a..e1f43202c 100644
--- a/cmd/prb/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/cmd/prb/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ All notable changes to the `prb` CLI will be documented in this file.
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## [0.197.1] - 2026-06-25
+
+### Fixed
+
+- `prb login` now requests the correct OAuth2 scopes (removed redundant `:read` suffix variants)
+
 ## [0.197.0] - 2026-06-22
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/cmd/prb/VERSION b/cmd/prb/VERSION
index 4f3328c0c..a342716ab 100644
--- a/cmd/prb/VERSION
+++ b/cmd/prb/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.197.0
+0.197.1