diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8e3ecf7247d14c50f7a9b1e2c811ed478d733ecf..1d03ade98364c02f092cf6b1bb91a488971cf861 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,43 @@ News
 ====
 
 
+Version 2.6.1
+-------------
+
+*(Released Fri, 12 Oct 2012)*
+
+A small bugfix release.
+
+Fix double use of PRIORITY_OPT in gnt-node migrate, that would make the
+command unusable.
+
+Commands that issue many jobs don't fail anymore just because some jobs
+take so long that other jobs are archived.
+
+Failures during gnt-instance reinstall are reflected by the exit status.
+
+Issue 190 fixed. Check for DRBD in cluster verify is enabled only when
+DRBD is enabled.
+
+When always_failover is set, --allow-failover is not required in migrate
+commands anymore.
+
+bash_completion works even if extglob is disabled
+
+Fix bug with locks that made failover for RDB-based instances fail.
+
+Fix bug in non-mirrored instance allocation that would make Ganeti
+choose a random node instead of one based on the allocator metric.
+
+Support for newer versions of pylint and pep8.
+
+Hail doesn't fail anymore when trying to add an instance of type
+'file', 'sharedfile' or 'rbd'.
+
+Add new Makefile target to rebuild the whole dist, so that all files are
+included.
+
+
 Version 2.6.0
 -------------
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ebc00b36cad7a873b03dd095d641dc7de04568b3..86298ceacf4fc9aba7aa90d5da74ce3829fbd175 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Configure script for Ganeti
 m4_define([gnt_version_major], [2])
 m4_define([gnt_version_minor], [6])
-m4_define([gnt_version_revision], [0])
+m4_define([gnt_version_revision], [1])
 m4_define([gnt_version_suffix], [])
 m4_define([gnt_version_full],
           m4_format([%d.%d.%d%s],