diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 925063d..9923795 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@
 /requests-2.5.1.tar.gz
 /requests-2.5.3.tar.gz
 /requests-2.6.0.tar.gz
+/requests-2.6.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-requests.spec b/python-requests.spec
index 1324a14..3b44a16 100644
--- a/python-requests.spec
+++ b/python-requests.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 %endif
 
 Name:           python-requests
-Version:        2.6.0
+Version:        2.6.1
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        HTTP library, written in Python, for human beings
 
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ popd
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Apr 23 2015 Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com> - 2.6.1-1
+- new version
+
 * Wed Apr 22 2015 Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com> - 2.6.0-1
 - new version
 - Remove patch for CVE-2015-2296, now included in the upstream release.
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 07f3c4f..c508174 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-25287278fa3ea106207461112bb37050  requests-2.6.0.tar.gz
+da6e487f89e6a531699b7fd97ff182af  requests-2.6.1.tar.gz