diff --git a/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.UI/Cache/FileCache.cs b/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.UI/Cache/FileCache.cs
index c87ac8d315e..ca6364e6a96 100644
--- a/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.UI/Cache/FileCache.cs
+++ b/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.UI/Cache/FileCache.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class FileCache : CacheBase<StorageFile>
         protected override Task<StorageFile> InitializeTypeAsync(Stream stream, List<KeyValuePair<string, object>> initializerKeyValues = null)
         {
             // nothing to do in this instance;
-            return null;
+            return Task.FromResult<StorageFile>(null);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ protected override Task<StorageFile> InitializeTypeAsync(Stream stream, List<Key
         /// <returns>awaitable task</returns>
         protected override Task<StorageFile> InitializeTypeAsync(StorageFile baseFile, List<KeyValuePair<string, object>> initializerKeyValues = null)
         {
-            return Task.Run(() => baseFile);
+            return Task.FromResult(baseFile);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 1090b1ae2a4..7b1c2226d6b 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ Once you do a search, you should see a list similar to the one below (versions m
 
 ## Feedback and Requests
 Please use [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/windows-toolkit/WindowsCommunityToolkit/issues) for bug reports and feature requests.
-For feature requests, please also create an entry in our [UserVoice](https://wpdev.uservoice.com/forums/110705-universal-windows-platform/category/193402-uwp-community-toolkit).
 For general questions and support, please use [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/windows-community-toolkit) where questions should be tagged with the tag `windows-community-toolkit`.
 
 ## Contributing
diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
index ee65fed240d..585f60b778c 100644
--- a/version.json
+++ b/version.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "6.0.0-build.{height}",
+  "version": "6.1.0-build.{height}",
   "publicReleaseRefSpec": [
     "^refs/heads/master$", // we release out of master
     "^refs/heads/dev$", // we release out of dev