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diff --git a/SDL2_image-2.6.1.tar.gz b/SDL2_image-2.6.1.tar.gz
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diff --git a/SDL2_image.changes b/SDL2_image.changes
index 9691aa0..3499cac 100644
--- a/SDL2_image.changes
+++ b/SDL2_image.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug  1 21:46:55 UTC 2022 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Update to release 2.6.1
+  * Fixing grayscale image loading using the built-in stb_image
+    (openSUSE uses libjpg/libpng, not stb)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jul  8 20:20:20 UTC 2022 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/SDL2_image.spec b/SDL2_image.spec
index a6a27aa..be8350f 100644
--- a/SDL2_image.spec
+++ b/SDL2_image.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 Name:           SDL2_image
 %define lname	libSDL2_image-2_0-0
-Version:        2.6.0
+Version:        2.6.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Simple DirectMedia Layer 2 image loading library
 License:        Zlib