diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 511dd51..2f8909f 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.6.0"
+  ".": "2.6.1"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fe3eac0..5f2c5f7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2.6.1 (2025-09-22)
+
+Full Changelog: [v2.6.0...v2.6.1](https://github.com/openai/openai-go/compare/v2.6.0...v2.6.1)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **api:** fix mcp tool name ([6de601a](https://github.com/openai/openai-go/commit/6de601aa71c7325938f839cdc0f3b7c808a5d7f8))
+* use slices.Concat instead of sometimes modifying r.Options ([7312ee7](https://github.com/openai/openai-go/commit/7312ee73efec4bd523e18b9524072d6dcf8bab09))
+
+
+### Chores
+
+* **api:** openapi updates for conversations ([4a7d204](https://github.com/openai/openai-go/commit/4a7d204a4e1140babdeab43bdac59dfc8dae95b5))
+* bump minimum go version to 1.22 ([8396ab5](https://github.com/openai/openai-go/commit/8396ab5d918bf068b6d6f342c825ba32d1d982b0))
+* do not install brew dependencies in ./scripts/bootstrap by default ([d519b81](https://github.com/openai/openai-go/commit/d519b8100047bae1dbd1458112097c1c21880977))
+* update more docs for 1.22 ([1b0514d](https://github.com/openai/openai-go/commit/1b0514df9508a652a11cb8efa70ac30eaa088dbe))
+
 ## 2.6.0 (2025-09-19)
 
 Full Changelog: [v2.5.0...v2.6.0](https://github.com/openai/openai-go/compare/v2.5.0...v2.6.0)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bef6c88..b76a254 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Or to pin the version:
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 
 ```sh
-go get -u 'github.com/openai/openai-go/v2@v2.6.0'
+go get -u 'github.com/openai/openai-go/v2@v2.6.1'
 ```
 
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
diff --git a/internal/version.go b/internal/version.go
index e0668d4..686dfda 100644
--- a/internal/version.go
+++ b/internal/version.go
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 package internal
 
-const PackageVersion = "2.6.0" // x-release-please-version
+const PackageVersion = "2.6.1" // x-release-please-version