diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index dc5108adb6b97c32757a0e84d61ab9dc10e1c02c..04f96276729b7ca0083b89eb2ecc92f59c3256c0 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/hbp.yml b/hbp.yml
index ee411484e1c9f508a5a2084c76c7d5dd453082e9..15a3d3e1f8f30a90145a8169afc92befbb5e8c97 100644
--- a/hbp.yml
+++ b/hbp.yml
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ testing:
     command: ./test.sh
 
 release_management:
-  current_version: 2.6.0
-  current_code_release: https://github.com/HBPMedical/portal-backend/archive/2.6.0.zip
-  current_binary_release: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/portal-backend/2.6.0
+  current_version: 2.6.1
+  current_code_release: https://github.com/HBPMedical/portal-backend/archive/2.6.1.zip
+  current_binary_release: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/portal-backend/2.6.1
   release_script: 'publish.sh'
 
 continuous_integration:
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ continuous_integration:
 distribution:
   docker_hub:
     name: hbpmip/portal-backend
-    current_tag: 2.6.0
+    current_tag: 2.6.1
     url: https://hub.docker.com/r/hbpmip/portal-backend/
     badge: https://img.shields.io/badge/docker-hbpmip%2Fportal--backend-008bb8.svg
-    command: docker pull hbpmip/portal-backend:2.6.0
+    command: docker pull hbpmip/portal-backend:2.6.1
 
 planning:
   github:
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5da5c5a91ad4464d9ff8e02f2c69cc92035ee897..f169b40bfcf8fb8b360a0fd68f26fb5c5de48f70 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <groupId>eu.hbp.mip</groupId>
     <artifactId>portal-backend</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6.0</version><!-- BUMP_VERSION --><!-- BUMP_VERSION -->
+    <version>2.6.1</version><!-- BUMP_VERSION --><!-- BUMP_VERSION -->
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>portal-backend</name>