diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 203ec85..a543d2f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## CARLISLE development version
 
+## CARLISLE 2.6.1
+
 - Load the module for snakemake v7, but do not specify the minor and patch versions. (#149, @kelly-sovacool)
 
 ## CARLISLE 2.6.0
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@
   - Fixes `no_dedup` variable names in library normalization scripts.
 - Fig bug that added nonexistent directories to the singularity bind paths. (#135, @kelly-sovacool)
 - Containerize rules that require R (`deseq`, `go_enrichment`, and `spikein_assessment`) to fix installation issues with common R library path. (#129, @kelly-sovacool)
-    - The `Rlib_dir` and `Rpkg_config` config options have been removed as they are no longer needed.
+  - The `Rlib_dir` and `Rpkg_config` config options have been removed as they are no longer needed.
 
 ### New features
 
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index ce50b45..53ed0f9 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -41,5 +41,5 @@ identifiers:
   - description: Archived snapshots of all versions
     type: doi
     value: 10.5281/zenodo.10483876
-version: v2.6.0
-date-released: "2024-09-12"
+version: v2.6.1
+date-released: "2024-10-14"
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 8f87ff7..8e41575 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.6.0-dev
+2.6.1-dev