diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 8b32304..eb7d8f2 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+v2.6.1
+
+* hex.pm maintenance release
+
 v2.6.0
 
 * equivalent to v2.5.3 but created for semver reasons
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 343ca70..36d1da6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# jsx (v2.6.0) #
+# jsx (v2.6.1) #
 
 
 an erlang application for consuming, producing and manipulating [json][json]. 
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index e402409..b6addfd 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use Mix.Project
   def project do
     [
       app: :jsx,
-      version: "2.6.0",
+      version: "2.6.1",
       description: "an erlang application for consuming, producing and manipulating json. inspired by yajl",
       deps: deps(Mix.env),
       package: package,
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use Mix.Project
   defp opts(:dev), do: [d: :TEST]
   defp opts(_), do: []
 
-  defp deps(), do: [{:mixunit, "~> 0.9.1", [only: :dev]}]
+  defp deps(_), do: [{:mixunit, "~> 0.9.1", [only: :dev]}]
 
   defp package do
     [
diff --git a/src/jsx.app.src b/src/jsx.app.src
index ff7b2fd..a724cbb 100644
--- a/src/jsx.app.src
+++ b/src/jsx.app.src
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {application, jsx,
 [
     {description, "a streaming, evented json parsing toolkit"},
-    {vsn, "2.6.0"},
+    {vsn, "2.6.1"},
     {modules, [
         jsx,
         jsx_encoder,