diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 8e2a53447a..cef75560e7 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 3.60.0.dev
+current_version = 3.61.0.dev
 commit = False
 tag = False
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)(\.(?P<release>[a-z]+))?
diff --git a/.ci/ansible/Containerfile.j2 b/.ci/ansible/Containerfile.j2
index afe0b118d7..360c1c6a60 100644
--- a/.ci/ansible/Containerfile.j2
+++ b/.ci/ansible/Containerfile.j2
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ ADD ./{{ item.name }} ./{{ item.name }}
 # S3 botocore needs to be patched to handle responses from minio during 0-byte uploads
 # Hacking botocore (https://github.com/boto/botocore/pull/1990)
 
+# This MUST be the ONLY call to pip install in inside the container.
 RUN pip3 install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel && \
   rm -rf /root/.cache/pip && \
-  pip3 install
+  pip3 install pipdeptree
 {%- if s3_test | default(false) -%}
 {{ " " }}git+https://github.com/gerrod3/botocore.git@fix-100-continue
 {%- endif -%}
diff --git a/.github/template_gitref b/.github/template_gitref
index 3e3784896c..3546645658 100644
--- a/.github/template_gitref
+++ b/.github/template_gitref
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2021.08.26-379-gece49c9
+unknown
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/install.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/install.sh
index 339fbc5365..c58d691375 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/install.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/install.sh
@@ -166,5 +166,5 @@ if [[ "$TEST" = "azure" ]]; then
 fi
 
 echo ::group::PIP_LIST
-cmd_prefix bash -c "pip3 list && pip3 install pipdeptree && pipdeptree"
+cmd_prefix bash -c "pip3 list && pipdeptree"
 echo ::endgroup::
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/update_ci.yml
index 29b3ef8c35..233808074f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update_ci.yml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           path: "pulpcore"
-          ref: "3.59"
+          ref: "3.60"
 
       - name: "Run update"
         working-directory: "pulpcore"
@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ jobs:
           path: "pulpcore"
           committer: "pulpbot <pulp-infra@redhat.com>"
           author: "pulpbot <pulp-infra@redhat.com>"
-          title: "Update CI files for branch 3.59"
+          title: "Update CI files for branch 3.60"
           body: ""
-          branch: "update-ci/3.59"
-          base: "3.59"
+          branch: "update-ci/3.60"
+          base: "3.60"
           commit-message: |
             Update CI files
 
diff --git a/CHANGES/4602.feature b/CHANGES/4602.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ec5d1c88e..0000000000
--- a/CHANGES/4602.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Added metrics reporting the size of served artifacts.
diff --git a/CHANGES/5693.feature b/CHANGES/5693.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 70ec60012d..0000000000
--- a/CHANGES/5693.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Pulp-workers now also log domain name in which the task is executed.
diff --git a/pulp_certguard/app/__init__.py b/pulp_certguard/app/__init__.py
index ecf0a48179..a33bae7984 100644
--- a/pulp_certguard/app/__init__.py
+++ b/pulp_certguard/app/__init__.py
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ class PulpCertGuardPluginAppConfig(PulpPluginAppConfig):
 
     name = "pulp_certguard.app"
     label = "certguard"
-    version = "3.60.0.dev"
+    version = "3.61.0.dev"
     python_package_name = "pulpcore"
     domain_compatible = True
diff --git a/pulp_file/app/__init__.py b/pulp_file/app/__init__.py
index 16a10bf46d..db2ca9292e 100644
--- a/pulp_file/app/__init__.py
+++ b/pulp_file/app/__init__.py
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ class PulpFilePluginAppConfig(PulpPluginAppConfig):
 
     name = "pulp_file.app"
     label = "file"
-    version = "3.60.0.dev"
+    version = "3.61.0.dev"
     python_package_name = "pulpcore"
     domain_compatible = True
diff --git a/pulpcore/app/apps.py b/pulpcore/app/apps.py
index 32700023ab..fb54f07985 100644
--- a/pulpcore/app/apps.py
+++ b/pulpcore/app/apps.py
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ class PulpAppConfig(PulpPluginAppConfig):
     label = "core"
 
     # The version of this app
-    version = "3.60.0.dev"
+    version = "3.61.0.dev"
 
     # The python package name providing this app
     python_package_name = "pulpcore"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3063d23f0f..93e4853327 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="pulpcore",
-    version="3.60.0.dev",
+    version="3.61.0.dev",
     description="Pulp Django Application and Related Modules",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
diff --git a/template_config.yml b/template_config.yml
index 18a215e243..3ce478e7a0 100644
--- a/template_config.yml
+++ b/template_config.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ flake8: true
 flake8_ignore:
 - ./pulpcore/app/protobuf/*
 github_org: pulp
-latest_release_branch: '3.59'
+latest_release_branch: '3.60'
 lint_requirements: true
 noissue_marker: '[noissue]'
 os_required_packages: []
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ pulp_settings_s3:
           api.console: grant_access_to_pulp
         tokenUrl: https://your-identity-provider/token/issuer
     type: oauth2
+  DISABLED_rest_framework__default_authentication_classes: '@merge pulpcore.app.authentication.JSONHeaderRemoteAuthentication'
   domain_enabled: true
   hide_guarded_distributions: true
-  DISABLED_rest_framework__default_authentication_classes: '@merge pulpcore.app.authentication.JSONHeaderRemoteAuthentication'
 pydocstyle: true
 release_email: pulp-infra@redhat.com
 release_user: pulpbot