diff --git a/nanobind-2.5.0.tar.gz b/nanobind-2.5.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 8dd3aa4..0000000
--- a/nanobind-2.5.0.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:acb2e1997c44f2c79f510c66e7ff9f4cac0502e9fe275ebc7af7571e869f8df0
-size 900479
diff --git a/nanobind-2.6.1.tar.gz b/nanobind-2.6.1.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bbe2f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nanobind-2.6.1.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:519c6dd56581ad6db9aab814105c2666a0491096487cb384dd20216f80d1a291
+size 905030
diff --git a/nanobind-installationpath.patch b/nanobind-installationpath.patch
index 0044282..677dfae 100644
--- a/nanobind-installationpath.patch
+++ b/nanobind-installationpath.patch
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ index 76539c3..fe16ec9 100644
 -    return os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)), "cmake")
 +    return "/usr/share/nanobind/cmake"
  
- __version__ = "2.5.0"
+ __version__ = "2.6.1"
  
diff --git a/python-nanobind.changes b/python-nanobind.changes
index 84faf5e..a6c0307 100644
--- a/python-nanobind.changes
+++ b/python-nanobind.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Fri Mar 18 18:32:19 UTC 2025 - Friedrich Haubensak <hsk17@mail.de>
+
+- update to release 2.6.1
+  * for details about changes see 
+    github.com/wjakob/nanobind/blob/master/docs/changelog.rst
+- adapt nanobind-installationpath.patch to fit 2.6.1
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Feb  9 08:31:26 UTC 2025 - Friedrich Haubensak <hsk17@mail.de>
 
diff --git a/python-nanobind.spec b/python-nanobind.spec
index d589f05..1d11258 100644
--- a/python-nanobind.spec
+++ b/python-nanobind.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 %{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
 Name:           python-nanobind
-Version:        2.5.0
+Version:        2.6.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Tiny And Efficient C++/Python Bindings
 License:        BSD-3-Clause