diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 200c404d..91ce482d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rxing"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.6.1"
 description="A rust port of the zxing barcode library."
 license="Apache-2.0"
 repository="https://github.com/rxing-core/rxing"
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ urlencoding = "2.1.3"
 uriparse = "0.6.4"
 chrono = "0.4.38"
 chrono-tz = "0.9"
-image = {version = "0.25.1", optional = true, default-features = false}
+image = {version = "0.25.2", optional = true, default-features = false}
 imageproc = {version = "0.25", optional = true}
 unicode-segmentation = "1.11"
 codepage-437 = "0.1.0"
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ num = "0.4.3"
 svg = {version = "0.17.0", optional = true}
 resvg = {version = "0.42.0", optional = true, default-features=false}
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive", "rc"], optional = true }
-thiserror = "1.0.61"
+thiserror = "1.0.63"
 multimap = "0.10.0"
 bit_reverse = "0.1.8"
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f987fdcf..989eeeb6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -86,6 +86,28 @@ fn main() {
 ```
 
 ## Latest Release Notes
+* *v0.6.1* -> Initial support for immutable symbol readers. Fixed an issue with the rss_expanded reader.
+
+    Immutable readers: Many 2d readers now implement the `ImmutableReader` trait. This allows them to be called using the
+    `immutable_decode` and `immutable_decode_with_hints` methods. The corresponding reader need not be declared `mut` in
+    order to operate correctly. Please note that not all readers support this trait. Most notably: `MultiFormatReader`,
+    `MultiUseMultiFormatReader`, `FilteredImageReader` and `MultiFormatOneDReader` do not implement `ImmutableReader`.
+    This is because these readers all require some state be stored. There is ongoing work to reduce this list.
+    This change also allows individual symbol readers to work in a `Lazy static` context without `unsafe`.
+
+    Example:
+    ```rust
+    static LAZY_STATIC_QR_READER: Lazy<QRCodeReader> = Lazy::new(QRCodeReader::default);
+    
+    fn main() {
+        let result = LAZY_STATIC_QR_READER.immutable_decode(
+            &mut BinaryBitmap::new(
+                HybridBinarizer::new(
+                    Luma8LuminanceSource::new(luma_data, width, height),
+        )));
+    }
+    ```
+
 * *v0.6.0* -> rxing is now thread safe. This is a breaking change if you are using `PointCallback`/`RXingResultPointCallback` or the `Pdf417ExtraMetadata` field of `RXingResultMetadataValue`. In addition there should be some small performance improvements associated with moving away from using `Rc` and `Arc` in many situations throughout the library.
 * *v0.5.8* -> Performance improvements. Memory Improvements. Added FilteredReader which performs a more complicated operation on images (resizes and closes binary bitmaps) at the expense of some performance.
 * *v0.5.5* -> Add support for rMQR, allows building the library without image_formats, fixes an issue with multiple barcode detection.
diff --git a/crates/cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
index 12c748d2..4c68fc6d 100644
--- a/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rxing-cli"
-version = "0.1.25"
+version = "0.1.26"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "A command line interface for rxing supporting encoding and decoding of multiple barcode formats"
 license="Apache-2.0"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ keywords = ["barcode", "barcode_1d", "barcode_2d", "barcode_reader", "barcode_wr
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4.5.3", features = ["derive"] }
-rxing = {path = "../../", version = "~0.6.0", features = ["image", "svg_read", "svg_write"] }
+rxing = {path = "../../", version = "~0.6.1", features = ["image", "svg_read", "svg_write"] }
 
 #[profile.release]
 #debug = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/filtered_image_reader.rs b/src/filtered_image_reader.rs
index 81cf3dd4..264b4fb6 100644
--- a/src/filtered_image_reader.rs
+++ b/src/filtered_image_reader.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 use crate::common::{BitMatrix, HybridBinarizer, Result};
 use crate::{
-    Binarizer, BinaryBitmap, Exceptions, ImmutableReader, Luma8LuminanceSource, LuminanceSource,
+    Binarizer, BinaryBitmap, Exceptions, Luma8LuminanceSource, LuminanceSource,
     Reader,
 };
 
diff --git a/src/multi/by_quadrant_reader.rs b/src/multi/by_quadrant_reader.rs
index 2e6c9c83..d6ba8d4d 100644
--- a/src/multi/by_quadrant_reader.rs
+++ b/src/multi/by_quadrant_reader.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 use crate::common::Result;
-use crate::{point_f, Binarizer, Exceptions, ImmutableReader, Point, RXingResult, Reader};
+use crate::{point_f, Binarizer, Exceptions, Point, RXingResult, Reader};
 
 /**
  * This class attempts to decode a barcode from an image, not by scanning the whole image,
diff --git a/src/multi_format_reader.rs b/src/multi_format_reader.rs
index ff12b08f..a58f5e54 100644
--- a/src/multi_format_reader.rs
+++ b/src/multi_format_reader.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use crate::{
     Binarizer, BinaryBitmap, DecodeHintType, DecodeHintValue, DecodingHintDictionary, Exceptions,
     RXingResult, Reader,
 };
-use crate::{ImmutableReader, ONE_D_FORMATS};
+use crate::ONE_D_FORMATS;
 
 /**
  * MultiFormatReader is a convenience class and the main entry point into the library for most uses.
diff --git a/src/oned/multi_format_one_d_reader.rs b/src/oned/multi_format_one_d_reader.rs
index 9c4e4788..8f2951b9 100644
--- a/src/oned/multi_format_one_d_reader.rs
+++ b/src/oned/multi_format_one_d_reader.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ use super::TelepenReader;
 use crate::common::Result;
 use crate::DecodeHintValue;
 use crate::Exceptions;
-use crate::ImmutableReader;
 use crate::{BarcodeFormat, Binarizer, RXingResult};
 
 /**