diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9b64e0e879974785ba7e75b53bea16c8bb0e5416..49910df4771d8d951551a61d54a82c9967c8c469 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ option(ENABLE_WRAP_PYTHON "Build Python wrappers" ${DEFAULT})
 
 set(GMSH_MAJOR_VERSION 2)
 set(GMSH_MINOR_VERSION 6)
-set(GMSH_PATCH_VERSION 0)
+set(GMSH_PATCH_VERSION 1)
 set(GMSH_EXTRA_VERSION "" CACHE STRING "Gmsh extra version string")
 
 set(GMSH_VERSION "${GMSH_MAJOR_VERSION}.${GMSH_MINOR_VERSION}")