diff --git a/build/Version.props b/build/Version.props
index 7878a900d9..b9cd0eadbd 100644
--- a/build/Version.props
+++ b/build/Version.props
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <!-- This is the authorative version list -->
     <!-- Integration tests will ensure they match across the board -->
     <TgsCoreVersion>4.1.0</TgsCoreVersion>
-    <TgsApiVersion>6.0.0</TgsApiVersion>
+    <TgsApiVersion>6.1.0</TgsApiVersion>
     <TgsClientVersion>6.0.0</TgsClientVersion>
     <TgsDmapiVersion>5.0.0</TgsDmapiVersion>
     <TgsControlPanelVersion>0.4.0</TgsControlPanelVersion>
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Api/Models/ChatChannel.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Api/Models/ChatChannel.cs
index d2c38df45d..0039e9bc20 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Api/Models/ChatChannel.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Api/Models/ChatChannel.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Api.Models
 	public class ChatChannel
 	{
 		/// <summary>
-		/// The IRC channel name
+		/// The IRC channel name. Also potentially contains the channel passsword (if separated by a colon).
+		/// If multiple copies of the same channel with different keys are added to the server, the one that will be used is undefined.
 		/// </summary>
 		[StringLength(Limits.MaximumIndexableStringLength)]
 		public string IrcChannel { get; set; }
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Chat/Providers/IrcProvider.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Chat/Providers/IrcProvider.cs
index 2b52d7c47f..e4dc424f34 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Chat/Providers/IrcProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Chat/Providers/IrcProvider.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Tgstation.Server.Api.Models;
 using Tgstation.Server.Host.Core;
+using Tgstation.Server.Host.Extensions;
 using Tgstation.Server.Host.System;
 
 namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Chat.Providers
@@ -376,52 +377,68 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Chat.Providers
 		}
 
 		/// <inheritdoc />
-		public override Task<IReadOnlyCollection<ChannelRepresentation>> MapChannels(IEnumerable<Api.Models.ChatChannel> channels, CancellationToken cancellationToken) => Task.Factory.StartNew(() =>
-		{
-			if (channels.Any(x => x.IrcChannel == null))
-				throw new InvalidOperationException("ChatChannel missing IrcChannel!");
-			lock (this)
+		public override Task<IReadOnlyCollection<ChannelRepresentation>> MapChannels(
+			IEnumerable<ChatChannel> channels,
+			CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+			=> Task.Factory.StartNew(() =>
 			{
-				var hs = new HashSet<string>(); // for unique inserts
-				foreach (var I in channels)
-					hs.Add(I.IrcChannel);
-				var toPart = new List<string>();
-				foreach (var I in client.JoinedChannels)
-					if (!hs.Remove(I))
-						toPart.Add(I);
-
-				foreach (var I in toPart)
-					client.RfcPart(I, "Pretty nice abscond!");
-				foreach (var I in hs)
-					client.RfcJoin(I);
-
-				return (IReadOnlyCollection<ChannelRepresentation>)channels.Select(x =>
+				if (channels.Any(x => x.IrcChannel == null))
+					throw new InvalidOperationException("ChatChannel missing IrcChannel!");
+				lock (this)
 				{
-					ulong? id = null;
-					if (!channelIdMap.Any(y =>
+					var channelsWithKeys = new Dictionary<string, string>();
+					var hs = new HashSet<string>(); // for unique inserts
+					foreach (var channel in channels)
 					{
-						if (y.Value != x.IrcChannel)
-							return false;
-						id = y.Key;
-						return true;
-					}))
-					{
-						id = channelIdCounter++;
-						channelIdMap.Add(id.Value, x.IrcChannel);
+						var name = channel.GetIrcChannelName();
+						var key = channel.GetIrcChannelKey();
+						if (hs.Add(name) && key != null)
+							channelsWithKeys.Add(name, key);
 					}
 
-					return new ChannelRepresentation
-					{
-						RealId = id.Value,
-						IsAdminChannel = x.IsAdminChannel == true,
-						ConnectionName = address,
-						FriendlyName = channelIdMap[id.Value],
-						IsPrivateChannel = false,
-						Tag = x.Tag
-					};
-				}).ToList();
-			}
-		}, cancellationToken, TaskCreationOptions.LongRunning, TaskScheduler.Current);
+					var toPart = new List<string>();
+					foreach (var activeChannel in client.JoinedChannels)
+						if (!hs.Remove(activeChannel))
+							toPart.Add(activeChannel);
+
+					foreach (var channelToLeave in toPart)
+						client.RfcPart(channelToLeave, "Pretty nice abscond!");
+					foreach (var channelToJoin in hs)
+						if (channelsWithKeys.TryGetValue(channelToJoin, out var key))
+							client.RfcJoin(channelToJoin, key);
+						else
+							client.RfcJoin(channelToJoin);
+
+					return (IReadOnlyCollection<ChannelRepresentation>)channels
+						.Select(x =>
+						{
+							var channelName = x.GetIrcChannelName();
+							ulong? id = null;
+							if (!channelIdMap.Any(y =>
+							{
+								if (y.Value != channelName)
+									return false;
+								id = y.Key;
+								return true;
+							}))
+							{
+								id = channelIdCounter++;
+								channelIdMap.Add(id.Value, channelName);
+							}
+
+							return new ChannelRepresentation
+							{
+								RealId = id.Value,
+								IsAdminChannel = x.IsAdminChannel == true,
+								ConnectionName = address,
+								FriendlyName = channelIdMap[id.Value],
+								IsPrivateChannel = false,
+								Tag = x.Tag
+							};
+						})
+						.ToList();
+				}
+			}, cancellationToken, TaskCreationOptions.LongRunning, TaskScheduler.Current);
 
 		/// <inheritdoc />
 		public override Task SendMessage(ulong channelId, string message, CancellationToken cancellationToken) => Task.Factory.StartNew(() =>
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Extensions/ChatChannelExtensions.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Extensions/ChatChannelExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be2afe14bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Extensions/ChatChannelExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using Tgstation.Server.Api.Models;
+
+namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Extensions
+{
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Extensions for the <see cref="ChatChannel"/> <see langword="class"/>.
+	/// </summary>
+	static class ChatChannelExtensions
+	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Gets the IRC channel name from a given <paramref name="chatChannel"/>.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="chatChannel">The <see cref="ChatChannel"/> to retrieve information from.</param>
+		/// <returns>The IRC channel name stored in the <paramref name="chatChannel"/>.</returns>
+		public static string GetIrcChannelName(this ChatChannel chatChannel) => GetIrcChannelSplits(chatChannel).First();
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Gets the IRC channel key from a given <paramref name="chatChannel"/>.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="chatChannel">The <see cref="ChatChannel"/> to retrieve information from.</param>
+		/// <returns>The IRC channel key stored in the <paramref name="chatChannel"/> if it exists, <see langword="null"/> otherwise.</returns>
+		public static string GetIrcChannelKey(this ChatChannel chatChannel)
+		{
+			var splits = GetIrcChannelSplits(chatChannel);
+			if (splits.Count < 2)
+				return null;
+			return splits.Last();
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Split a given <paramref name="chatChannel"/>'s <see cref="ChatChannel.IrcChannel"/>.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="chatChannel">The <see cref="ChatChannel"/> to work with.</param>
+		/// <returns>A <see cref="IReadOnlyCollection{T}"/> of the <paramref name="chatChannel"/>'s <see cref="ChatChannel.IrcChannel"/> <see cref="string"/> separated by the ':' <see cref="char"/>.</returns>
+		static IReadOnlyCollection<string> GetIrcChannelSplits(ChatChannel chatChannel)
+		{
+			if (chatChannel == null)
+				throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(chatChannel));
+
+			if (chatChannel.IrcChannel == null)
+				throw new ArgumentException("IrcChannel must be set!", nameof(chatChannel));
+
+			return chatChannel.IrcChannel.Split(new[] { ':' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/VersionsTest.cs b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/VersionsTest.cs
index 81bcc68c41..0bc638dec2 100644
--- a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/VersionsTest.cs
+++ b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/VersionsTest.cs
@@ -60,19 +60,6 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Tests
 			Assert.AreEqual(expected, actual);
 		}
 
-		[TestMethod]
-		public void TestClientVersionFollowingApiVersion()
-		{
-			var versionString = versionsPropertyGroup.Element(xmlNamespace + "TgsApiVersion").Value + ".0";
-			Assert.IsNotNull(versionString);
-			Assert.IsTrue(Version.TryParse(versionString, out var apiVersion));
-
-			versionString = versionsPropertyGroup.Element(xmlNamespace + "TgsClientVersion").Value + ".0";
-			Assert.IsNotNull(versionString);
-			Assert.IsTrue(Version.TryParse(versionString, out var clientVersion));
-			Assert.IsTrue(clientVersion >= apiVersion);
-		}
-
 		[TestMethod]
 		public void TestWatchdogVersion()
 		{