diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 5a5b51a01..1d9b9c02f 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 2.6.0
+current_version = 2.6.1
 commit = True
 tag = True
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/scrapy/VERSION b/scrapy/VERSION
index e70b4523a..6a6a3d8e3 100644
--- a/scrapy/VERSION
+++ b/scrapy/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.6.0
+2.6.1