diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 13a0f2d0..a58cfd36 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [2.6.1] - 2025-02-07
+
 ### Added
 
 - Add ingress rule in nodes Security Group to allow access to the Kubelet API when using ENI mode. This is needed by the metrics server to gather metrics from the Kubelet
@@ -1562,7 +1564,8 @@ yq eval --inplace '
 
 ## [0.1.0] - 2022-02-25
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/giantswarm/cluster-aws/compare/v2.6.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/giantswarm/cluster-aws/compare/v2.6.1...HEAD
+[2.6.1]: https://github.com/giantswarm/cluster-aws/compare/v2.6.0...v2.6.1
 [2.6.0]: https://github.com/giantswarm/cluster-aws/compare/v2.5.0...v2.6.0
 [2.5.0]: https://github.com/giantswarm/cluster-aws/compare/v2.4.0...v2.5.0
 [2.4.0]: https://github.com/giantswarm/cluster-aws/compare/v2.3.0...v2.4.0
diff --git a/helm/cluster-aws/Chart.yaml b/helm/cluster-aws/Chart.yaml
index 3a2d0406..14069a6f 100644
--- a/helm/cluster-aws/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm/cluster-aws/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 name: cluster-aws
 type: application
-version: 2.6.0
+version: 2.6.1
 description: A helm chart for creating Cluster API clusters with the AWS infrastructure provider (CAPA).
 icon: https://s.giantswarm.io/app-icons/aws/2/dark.svg
 home: https://github.com/giantswarm/cluster-aws