diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3f57f62..d3d7901 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@
 /io-2.4.12.tar.gz
 /io-2.4.13.tar.gz
 /io-2.6.0.tar.gz
+/io-2.6.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/octave-io.spec b/octave-io.spec
index 8ffb67d..38220a7 100644
--- a/octave-io.spec
+++ b/octave-io.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %global octpkg io
 
 Name:           octave-%{octpkg}
-Version:        2.6.0
+Version:        2.6.1
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Input/Output in external formats
 License:        GPLv3+ and BSD
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ Input/Output in external formats.
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Apr 18 2020 Orion Poplawski <orion@nwra.com> - 2.6.1-1
+- Update to 2.6.1
+
 * Tue Mar 24 2020 Orion Poplawski <orion@nwra.com> - 2.6.0-1
 - Update to 2.6.0
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index d4e0278..b49d3bc 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (io-2.6.0.tar.gz) = 572de19e11e18bc3335a56986ef92f179e1dbd8b2efd6b5043d690537242e9a33668c862254fdf4f5eb35f9e17eb8c0630abd18173f7539ecda09a21c51cda7e
+SHA512 (io-2.6.1.tar.gz) = 2a985fb44b3999cb2b60961dc3adf1f3f56389e9ea8ed2b7cade333bb2a074b55462b996d1a6a8ff0b3730d862ff2f9c9a2c1b50a07926cf94d022de81978555