diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e70aa4f..9eff68f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2.6.1 / 2022-01-07
+==================
+New functionality
+-----------------
+ * Video play analytics
+
 2.5.1 / 2022-12-26
 ==================
 Other changes
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fa3ea53..9291ee7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ For the complete documentation, see the [Android SDK Guide](https://cloudinary.c
 ### Gradle Integration
 Add the following dependency to your build.gradle:
 
-`implementation 'com.cloudinary:cloudinary-android:2.5.1'`
+`implementation 'com.cloudinary:cloudinary-android:2.6.1'`
 ### Other Options ######################################################################
 The cloudinary_android library is available in [Maven Central](http://repo1.maven.org/maven/). To use it, add the following dependency to your pom.xml:
 
     <dependency>
         <groupId>com.cloudinary</groupId>
         <artifactId>cloudinary-android</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.1</version>
+        <version>2.6.1</version>
     </dependency>
 
 Download the latest cloudinary-android from [here](https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.cloudinary/cloudinary-android-core) and the latest cloudinary-core from [here](https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.cloudinary/cloudinary-core) and put them in your libs folder.
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/cloudinary/android/MediaManager.java b/core/src/main/java/com/cloudinary/android/MediaManager.java
index b5c7190..7492315 100755
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/cloudinary/android/MediaManager.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/cloudinary/android/MediaManager.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
  * Must be initialized before use, see {@link #init(Context, SignatureProvider, Map)}.
  */
 public class MediaManager {
-    public static final String VERSION = "2.5.1";
+    public static final String VERSION = "2.6.1";
     public static final String INTENT_EXTRA_REQUEST_ID = "INTENT_EXTRA_REQUEST_ID";
     public static final String INTENT_EXTRA_REQUEST_RESULT_STATUS = "INTENT_EXTRA_REQUEST_RESULT_STATUS";
     public static final String ACTION_REQUEST_STARTED = "com.cloudinary.ACTION_REQUEST_STARTED";
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 3d48220..58b3b59 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ developerEmail=info@cloudinary.com
 
 # These two properties must use these exact names to be compatible with 'gradle install' plugin.
 group=com.cloudinary
-version=2.5.1
+version=2.6.1
 cloudinaryLibsVersion=1.35.0
 
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1024m