diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9e45ae7..53f7988 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.6.1 - 2026-06-18
+- Home-Assistant-WebSocket nutzt wieder keinen clientseitigen Keepalive-Ping.
+  Damit bleibt das Event-Verhalten aus 0.7.8 stabil und Sensorwechsel fuehren
+  nicht erst ueber Fallback oder manuelle Statusabfrage zu Schaltungen.
+
 ## 1.6.0 - 2026-06-18
 - `/v1/actuators/dashboard/system` und `/dashboard/start` lesen fuer
   Cache-Status nur noch SQLite-Metadaten statt den kompletten Entity-Cache zu
diff --git a/addon/config.yaml b/addon/config.yaml
index 60a748f..8046a64 100644
--- a/addon/config.yaml
+++ b/addon/config.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: SillyHome Next
-version: "1.6.0"
+version: "1.6.1"
 slug: sillyhome_next
 description: Lernt automatisch aus deinem Verhalten und steuert freigegebene Aktoren
 url: http://192.168.6.31:3000/pino/sillyhome-next
diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index 5129f62..a57d4ec 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ async def lifespan(app: FastAPI) -> AsyncIterator[None]:
 app = FastAPI(
     title="SillyHome Next API",
     description="Lokales Smart-Home-Intelligenzsystem für Home Assistant.",
-    version="1.6.0",
+    version="1.6.1",
     lifespan=lifespan,
 )
 app.state.settings = load_settings()
@@ -259,11 +259,7 @@ async def _ha_event_listener(app: FastAPI, client: HaClient) -> None:
         if ws_status is not None:
             ws_status.status = "connecting"
         try:
-            async with websockets.connect(
-                ws_url,
-                ping_interval=30,
-                ping_timeout=30,
-            ) as websocket:
+            async with websockets.connect(ws_url, ping_interval=None) as websocket:
                 auth_required_msg = await websocket.recv()
                 auth_required_data = json.loads(auth_required_msg)
                 if auth_required_data.get("type") != "auth_required":
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 954e294..554ca0b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "sillyhome-next"
-version = "1.6.0"
+version = "1.6.1"
 description = "Lokales Smart-Home-Intelligenzsystem für Home Assistant"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = [
diff --git a/tests/test_main.py b/tests/test_main.py
index 367c31f..6655a29 100644
--- a/tests/test_main.py
+++ b/tests/test_main.py
@@ -94,8 +94,7 @@ def test_ha_event_listener_processes_state_change(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
 
             connect.assert_called_once_with(
                 "ws://homeassistant:8123/api/websocket",
-                ping_interval=30,
-                ping_timeout=30,
+                ping_interval=None,
             )
         assert fake_ws.sent == [
             {"type": "auth", "access_token": "test-token"},