diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index cbec265..ef5f487 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+Overview of changes leading to 2.6.1
+Thursday, August 22, 2019
+====================================
+- Fix regression with hb_font_create_sub_font scaling introduced in 2.6.0.
+- Change interpretation of font PTEM size / CoreText font size handling.
+  See https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/pull/1484
+- hb-ot-font: Prefer symbol cmap subtable if present.
+- Apply 'dist'/'abvm'/'blwm' features to all scripts.
+- Drop experimental DirectWrite API.
+
+
 Overview of changes leading to 2.6.0
 Tuesday, August 13, 2019
 ====================================
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 95c55c9..ab079fc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
 AC_INIT([HarfBuzz],
-        [2.6.0],
+        [2.6.1],
         [https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/issues/new],
         [harfbuzz],
         [http://harfbuzz.org/])
diff --git a/src/hb-version.h b/src/hb-version.h
index 3f0ccaf..18b3c2c 100644
--- a/src/hb-version.h
+++ b/src/hb-version.h
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@
 
 #define HB_VERSION_MAJOR 2
 #define HB_VERSION_MINOR 6
-#define HB_VERSION_MICRO 0
+#define HB_VERSION_MICRO 1
 
-#define HB_VERSION_STRING "2.6.0"
+#define HB_VERSION_STRING "2.6.1"
 
 #define HB_VERSION_ATLEAST(major,minor,micro) \
 	((major)*10000+(minor)*100+(micro) <= \