diff --git a/README b/README
index 74fd65ff2e44987c80552c2d7c782b363584b5af..3cfa3972101c0608cc39ff2b37afb9ed723ccd24 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ along with Execo.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
 Versions
 ========
 
-latest stable version: v2.6 (2016-10-05)
+latest stable version: v2.6.1 (2016-10-11)
 
 Installation instructions
 =========================
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ca12e801ac92324688ef63920d0ffc2c90833d40..2d34d823cdd52130454d6e704cc9968c19d7707f 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+python-execo (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * new upstream release:
+
+    - fix debian packaging for python2 / python3
+
+    - make it packageable under wheezy
+
+ -- Matthieu Imbert <matthieu.imbert@inria.fr>  Tue, 11 Oct 2016 16:22:00 +0200
+
 python-execo (2.6) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * new upstream release:
diff --git a/doc/userguide.rst b/doc/userguide.rst
index a5ff731372906fade5fbea50430e965dc08820e3..c5ec44a63e5bb52c2c33a7907bb0a55294d48214 100644
--- a/doc/userguide.rst
+++ b/doc/userguide.rst
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ with packages managed by your distribution package manager.
 
 - Install from a release tar.gz package::
 
-   $ wget http://execo.gforge.inria.fr/downloads/execo-2.6.tar.gz
-   $ tar xzf execo-2.6.tar.gz
-   $ cd execo-2.6/
+   $ wget http://execo.gforge.inria.fr/downloads/execo-2.6.1.tar.gz
+   $ tar xzf execo-2.6.1.tar.gz
+   $ cd execo-2.6.1/
    $ python setup.py install --user
 
 - Or install from source repository if you want the very latest
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ with packages managed by your distribution package manager.
 
 - Or install from debian package::
 
-   $ dpkg -i python-execo_2.6_all.deb
+   $ dpkg -i python-execo_2.6.1_all.deb
 
 Configuration
 =============