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diff --git a/gap-cvec.changes b/gap-cvec.changes
index 3a36b93..1e3d8d1 100644
--- a/gap-cvec.changes
+++ b/gap-cvec.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep  7 12:34:44 UTC 2018 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Update to new upstream release 2.6.1
+  * Fix crash in CLEANROWKERNEL
+  * Adapt to changes in GAP's MatrixObj interface (GAP 4.9)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Sep  8 16:47:26 UTC 2017 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/gap-cvec.spec b/gap-cvec.spec
index 8ae4fee..aa13581 100644
--- a/gap-cvec.spec
+++ b/gap-cvec.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package gap-cvec
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2013 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@
 # license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
 # published by the Open Source Initiative.
 
-# Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
+# Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
 
 Name:           gap-cvec
-Summary:        GAP: Compact vectors over finite fields
-Version:        2.5.7
+Version:        2.6.1
 Release:        0
-License:        GPL-2.0
+Summary:        GAP: Compact vectors over finite fields
+License:        GPL-2.0-only
 Group:          Productivity/Scientific/Math
 Url:            https://gap-packages.github.io/cvec