diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index d3ba1aa93b3c8e5a7e428d13d7f7cbac0efb8ed7..3e0b17360396df4b6357a0be9ade46ee2de15006 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+mkdocs-material-2.6.1 (2018-02-11)
+
+  * Fixed #690: Duplicate slashes in source file URLs
+  * Fixed #696: Active page highlight not working with default palette
+  * Added ability to override Disqus integration using metadata
+  * Adjusted German translations
+
 mkdocs-material-2.6.0 (2018-02-02)
 
   * Moved default search configuration to default translation (English)
diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
index c38b92120ac75c673b030818d6ba6c87938ef49c..5db6b74570c78c3db338768e922a5ab0a88970b6 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@ pip show mkdocs-material
 
 ## Changelog
 
+### 2.6.1 <small>_ February 11, 2018</small>
+
+* Fixed [#690][690]: Duplicate slashes in source file URLs
+* Fixed [#696][696]: Active page highlight not working with default palette
+* Added ability to override Disqus integration using metadata
+* Adjusted German translations
+
+  [690]: https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/issues/690
+  [696]: https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/issues/696
+
 ### 2.6.0 <small>_ February 2, 2018</small>
 
 * Moved default search configuration to default translation (English)
@@ -53,7 +63,9 @@ pip show mkdocs-material
 
 ### 2.5.4 <small>_ January 29, 2018</small>
 
-* Fixed #683: `gh-deploy` fails inside Docker
+* Fixed [#683][683]: `gh-deploy` fails inside Docker
+
+  [683]: https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/issues/683
 
 ### 2.5.3 <small>_ January 25, 2018</small>
 
diff --git a/material/base.html b/material/base.html
index 3c9473419d1fe610a3c4bde9672f6ab1d56fd32f..e1e9fb55e2b1f761f0d064560a712328118c5640 100644
--- a/material/base.html
+++ b/material/base.html
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         <meta name="lang:{{ key }}" content="{{ lang.t(key) }}">
       {% endfor %}
       <link rel="shortcut icon" href="{{ base_url }}/{{ config.theme.favicon }}">
-      <meta name="generator" content="mkdocs-{{ mkdocs_version }}, mkdocs-material-2.6.0">
+      <meta name="generator" content="mkdocs-{{ mkdocs_version }}, mkdocs-material-2.6.1">
     {% endblock %}
     {% block htmltitle %}
       {% if page and page.meta and page.meta.title %}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 640efa8c18eb991d535792b6c70970f1cbd5e3aa..f92b1d9592dfb3a94bc8c1613cbba7db1a4c64af 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mkdocs-material",
-  "version": "2.6.0",
+  "version": "2.6.1",
   "description": "A Material Design theme for MkDocs",
   "keywords": [
     "mkdocs",