diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v2.6.1 - 2024-07-01
+
+### Fixes:
+- Fixtures: Make `pgtest` truly an optional dependency [[9fe8fd2e0]](https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/commit/9fe8fd2e0b88e746ee2156eccb71b7adbab6b2c5)
+
+
 ## v2.6.0 - 2024-07-01
 
 This minor release comes with a number of features that are focused on user friendliness and ease-of-use of the CLI and the API.
diff --git a/src/aiida/__init__.py b/src/aiida/__init__.py
index 4d2bcab3a9..5067f789e2 100644
--- a/src/aiida/__init__.py
+++ b/src/aiida/__init__.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     'For further information please visit http://www.aiida.net/. All rights reserved.'
 )
 __license__ = 'MIT license, see LICENSE.txt file.'
-__version__ = '2.6.0'
+__version__ = '2.6.1'
 __authors__ = 'The AiiDA team.'
 __paper__ = (
     'S. P. Huber et al., "AiiDA 1.0, a scalable computational infrastructure for automated reproducible workflows and '