diff --git a/tensorflow/core/public/version.h b/tensorflow/core/public/version.h
index 6b7deaefd0542b..6e8764f10a3451 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/public/version.h
+++ b/tensorflow/core/public/version.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 // tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py
 #define TF_MAJOR_VERSION 2
 #define TF_MINOR_VERSION 6
-#define TF_PATCH_VERSION 0
+#define TF_PATCH_VERSION 1
 
 // TF_VERSION_SUFFIX is non-empty for pre-releases (e.g. "-alpha", "-alpha.1",
 // "-beta", "-rc", "-rc.1")
diff --git a/tensorflow/tensorflow.bzl b/tensorflow/tensorflow.bzl
index 1666feb7503558..9ecdfcb5a8cfd4 100644
--- a/tensorflow/tensorflow.bzl
+++ b/tensorflow/tensorflow.bzl
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ load("@bazel_skylib//rules:common_settings.bzl", "BuildSettingInfo")
 # not contain rc or alpha, only numbers.
 # Also update tensorflow/core/public/version.h
 # and tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py
-VERSION = "2.6.0"
+VERSION = "2.6.1"
 VERSION_MAJOR = VERSION.split(".")[0]
 two_gpu_tags = ["requires-gpu-nvidia:2", "notap", "manual", "no_pip"]
 
diff --git a/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py b/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py
index 3d4a64de2b4d70..53357120564f85 100644
--- a/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py
+++ b/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 # result for pip.
 # Also update tensorflow/tensorflow.bzl and
 # tensorflow/core/public/version.h
-_VERSION = '2.6.0'
+_VERSION = '2.6.1'
 
 
 # We use the same setup.py for all tensorflow_* packages and for the nightly