diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0401365f5..b091b4250 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## 2.6.x (Unreleased)
 
+## 2.6.1 (2023-06-08)
+
 - Fix: http.client would raise a BadStatusLine exception in some cases
 
 ## 2.6.0 (2023-06-07)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 16965f67e..233c943c2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "databricks-sql-connector"
-version = "2.6.0"
+version = "2.6.1"
 description = "Databricks SQL Connector for Python"
 authors = ["Databricks <databricks-sql-connector-maintainers@databricks.com>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/databricks/sql/__init__.py b/src/databricks/sql/__init__.py
index 028a52d97..7c43a02e5 100644
--- a/src/databricks/sql/__init__.py
+++ b/src/databricks/sql/__init__.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def __repr__(self):
 DATE = DBAPITypeObject("date")
 ROWID = DBAPITypeObject()
 
-__version__ = "2.6.0"
+__version__ = "2.6.1"
 USER_AGENT_NAME = "PyDatabricksSqlConnector"
 
 # These two functions are pyhive legacy