diff --git a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
index 69e82f12f0..8ff2f5ec44 100644
--- a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.6.0"
+  ".": "2.6.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1f2199a0cd..f5259fa86a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.6.1](https://github.com/google/adk-python/compare/v2.6.0...v2.6.1) (2026-07-30)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add parent terminal grouping and TTL pruning to ADK CLI telemetry ([99bbd83](https://github.com/google/adk-python/commit/99bbd83ddac5f1ade93cdde1be98a1e3164e1da7))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Stop re-validating already-consumed tool confirmations ([2b1204d](https://github.com/google/adk-python/commit/2b1204d0a0dd0d97f1e23f1188ea7366bfcb61e1))
+
 ## [2.6.0](https://github.com/google/adk-python/compare/v2.5.0...v2.6.0) (2026-07-29)
 
 
diff --git a/src/google/adk/version.py b/src/google/adk/version.py
index fddc85ee6b..65ccded005 100644
--- a/src/google/adk/version.py
+++ b/src/google/adk/version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 # version: major.minor.patch
-__version__ = "2.6.0"
+__version__ = "2.6.1"