diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 18bc530..ea9df1d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## RENEE development version
+## RENEE 2.6.1
 
 - New contributing guide available on GitHub and the documentation website. (#159, @kelly-sovacool)
 - New `renee debug` subcommand to determine the base directory for debugging purposes. (#159, @kelly-sovacool)
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index bfd8d0e..176a88e 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ identifiers:
   - description: Archived snapshots of all versions
     type: doi
     value: 10.5281/zenodo.10553198
-version: v2.6.0
-date-released: "2024-09-09"
+version: v2.6.1
+date-released: "2024-10-25"
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 8f87ff7..6a6a3d8 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.6.0-dev
+2.6.1