diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4f1db0b..29947ef 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Master (Unreleased)
 
+## 2.26.1 (2024-06-12)
+
+- Bump RuboCop requirement to +1.61. ([@ydah])
+
 ## 2.26.0 (2024-06-08)
 
 - Fix a false positive for `FactoryBot/AssociationStyle` when using nested factories with traits. ([@jaydorsey])
diff --git a/lib/rubocop/factory_bot/version.rb b/lib/rubocop/factory_bot/version.rb
index cc1ce7c..ff4e4ee 100644
--- a/lib/rubocop/factory_bot/version.rb
+++ b/lib/rubocop/factory_bot/version.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module RuboCop
   module FactoryBot
     # Version information for the factory_bot RuboCop plugin.
     module Version
-      STRING = '2.26.0'
+      STRING = '2.26.1'
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/rubocop-factory_bot.gemspec b/rubocop-factory_bot.gemspec
index a539db2..8e2826c 100644
--- a/rubocop-factory_bot.gemspec
+++ b/rubocop-factory_bot.gemspec
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
     'rubygems_mfa_required' => 'true'
   }
 
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency 'rubocop', '~> 1.41'
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency 'rubocop', '~> 1.61'
 end