diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4f4d6fa..94ce818 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -41,3 +41,4 @@
 /mate-session-manager-1.24.2.tar.xz
 /mate-session-manager-1.24.3.tar.xz
 /mate-session-manager-1.26.0.tar.xz
+/mate-session-manager-1.26.1.tar.xz
diff --git a/mate-session-manager.spec b/mate-session-manager.spec
index 5f5d1e6..bd82401 100644
--- a/mate-session-manager.spec
+++ b/mate-session-manager.spec
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 Name:           mate-session-manager
 Summary:        MATE Desktop session manager
 License:        GPLv2+
-Version:        %{branch}.0
+Version:        %{branch}.1
 %if 0%{?rel_build}
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 %else
 Release:        0.17%{?git_rel}%{?dist}
 %endif
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ desktop-file-install                               \
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri May 05 2023 Wolfgang Ulbrich <fedora@raveit.de> - 1.26.1-1
+- update to 1.26.1
+
 * Sat Jul 2 2022 Wolfgang Ulbrich <fedora@raveit.de> - 1.26.0-2
 - initial build for epel8
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index fb051e8..6a885b1 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (mate-session-manager-1.26.0.tar.xz) = ee5bcdc91d0adc47274dc835ecd9fcdf7ae77c15ed8f0b38e705089ec83142d433afd927fa9d9c70e10f6c4068fdb1b62f0aa04c94c766b4b738a1aa9f2e0585
+SHA512 (mate-session-manager-1.26.1.tar.xz) = cc3ce559693b3b182e73fb9303e784c63918fabe5fee14f1f254357dc0897c3d325f15fbe363b9bb401218b2ad1864848749f536e9d69d100227b444e174a832