diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 21928e66d1e..50004eb8c3d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## Unreleased
+## [2.6.1] 2024-11-09
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c6efda4472f..1900715a67f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ doctest_optionflags = [
 # ============================================================================
 
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "2.6.0"
+current_version = "2.6.1"
 message = "Bump version to {new_version}"
 commit = true
 tag = true
diff --git a/src/compas/__init__.py b/src/compas/__init__.py
index b0859ec4c50..f9cad73b62a 100644
--- a/src/compas/__init__.py
+++ b/src/compas/__init__.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 __copyright__ = "Copyright 2014-2022 - ETH Zurich, Copyright 2023 - COMPAS Association"
 __license__ = "MIT License"
 __email__ = "tom.v.mele@gmail.com"
-__version__ = "2.6.0"
+__version__ = "2.6.1"
 
 
 HERE = compas._os.realpath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
diff --git a/src/compas_blender/__init__.py b/src/compas_blender/__init__.py
index 82ec0022153..61f018bd711 100644
--- a/src/compas_blender/__init__.py
+++ b/src/compas_blender/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     pass
 
 
-__version__ = "2.6.0"
+__version__ = "2.6.1"
 
 
 INSTALLABLE_PACKAGES = ["compas", "compas_blender"]
diff --git a/src/compas_ghpython/__init__.py b/src/compas_ghpython/__init__.py
index 7387f72aa17..4ce2493bd91 100644
--- a/src/compas_ghpython/__init__.py
+++ b/src/compas_ghpython/__init__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 from compas_rhino import unload_modules  # noqa: F401
 
 
-__version__ = "2.6.0"
+__version__ = "2.6.1"
 
 __all__ = [
     "get_grasshopper_managedplugin_path",
diff --git a/src/compas_rhino/__init__.py b/src/compas_rhino/__init__.py
index 32ad375ba96..d779861ac37 100644
--- a/src/compas_rhino/__init__.py
+++ b/src/compas_rhino/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import compas
 import compas._os
 
-__version__ = "2.6.0"
+__version__ = "2.6.1"
 
 
 PURGE_ON_DELETE = True