diff --git a/cadquery/__init__.py b/cadquery/__init__.py
index 38b06cbee..b603bbab9 100644
--- a/cadquery/__init__.py
+++ b/cadquery/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     __version__ = version("cadquery")
 except PackageNotFoundError:
     # package is not installed
-    __version__ = "2.7-dev"
+    __version__ = "2.6.1"
 
 # these items point to the OCC implementation
 from .occ_impl.geom import Plane, BoundBox, Vector, Matrix, Location
diff --git a/changes.md b/changes.md
index a77eab997..17061c705 100644
--- a/changes.md
+++ b/changes.md
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
+2.6.1
+-----
+
+* Fixed a bug in shallow assembly export when using `toCAF` https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/pull/1924, https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/issues/1922
+* Fixed the Apache 2.0 license designation in the citation file https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/pull/1916
+* Mentioned periodic surface trimming in the docs https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/pull/1917
+
 2.6.0
 -----
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0101bb34b..366d608ca 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="cadquery",
-    version="2.7-dev",
+    version="2.6.1",
     url="https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery",
     license="Apache Public License 2.0",
     author="David Cowden",