diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index 2bec858a..9cbd279b 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
 # Release Notes
 
+## 2.6.1
+
+### External changes
+
+* Fix logic for displaying deprecation warning for expectation with never cardinality (#686) - thanks to @davidstosik for reporting
+
 ## 2.6.0
 
 ### External changes
 
 * Expectation with never cardinality should display deprecation warning (#681) - thanks to @ducmtran for reporting and testing
 
+**WARNING: This release results in some incorrect deprecation warnings:**
+* The logic for displaying the deprecation warnings is fixed in v2.6.1 (#686).
+
 ### Internal changes
 
 * Simplify backtrace related assertions (#680)
diff --git a/lib/mocha/version.rb b/lib/mocha/version.rb
index 2d89b904..c7713a46 100644
--- a/lib/mocha/version.rb
+++ b/lib/mocha/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Mocha
-  VERSION = '2.6.0'.freeze
+  VERSION = '2.6.1'.freeze
 end