diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
index 0138d56b2..4245c8103 100644
--- a/.mailmap
+++ b/.mailmap
@@ -51,3 +51,4 @@ Maya Martirossyan <mmm457@cornell.edu> mmartirossyan <mmm457@cornell.edu>
 James Proctor <jproc@umich.edu> James Proctor <47364977+j-proc@users.noreply.github.com>
 Andrew Kerr <andrewghkerr@gmail.com> Andrew Kerr <79798289+AKerr9509@users.noreply.github.com>
 Charlotte Shiqi Zhao <zshiqi@umich.edu> Charlottez112 <56694726+Charlottez112@users.noreply.github.com>
+Emily Siew <esiew@umich.edu> esiew <esiew@umich.edu>
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index d237577fc..628959e06 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -30,17 +30,17 @@ repos:
       - id: debug-statements
       - id: requirements-txt-fixer
   - repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
-    rev: 'v2.19.0'
+    rev: 'v2.19.4'
     hooks:
       - id: pyupgrade
         args:
           - --py36-plus
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/isort
-    rev: '5.8.0'
+    rev: '5.9.1'
     hooks:
       - id: isort
   - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: '21.5b2'
+    rev: '21.6b0'
     hooks:
       - id: black
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 8366a7f6f..c81b0da5e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 # Change Log
 The format is based on
-[Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
+[Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to
-[Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
+[Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
+
+## v2.6.1 -- 2021-06-23
+
+### Fixed
+* Added missing git submodules to source distribution.
 
 ## v2.6.0 - 2021-06-22
 
diff --git a/contributors.txt b/contributors.txt
index 38efd755a..ed245e50e 100644
--- a/contributors.txt
+++ b/contributors.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
   2122	Vyas Ramasubramani <vramasub@umich.edu>
-  2042	Bradley Dice <bdice@bradleydice.com>
+  2047	Bradley Dice <bdice@bradleydice.com>
   1030	Eric Harper <harperic@umich.edu>
    456	Jin Soo Ihm <jinihm@umich.edu>
    294	Joshua A. Anderson <joaander@umich.edu>
    240	Matthew Spellings <mspells@umich.edu>
    166	Kelly Wang <kelwang@umich.edu>
    110	Erin Teich <erteich@umich.edu>
-    83	Brandon Butler <butlerbr@umich.edu>
+    86	Brandon Butler <butlerbr@umich.edu>
     66	M. Eric Irrgang <eirrgang@umich.edu>
     61	Charlotte Shiqi Zhao <zshiqi@umich.edu>
     53	Chrisy Du <xiyudu@umich.edu>
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
      3	Rose Cersonsky <rosecers@umich.edu>
      3	Wenbo Shen <shenwb@umich.edu>
      2	Maya Martirossyan <mmm457@cornell.edu>
+     1	Emily Siew <esiew@umich.edu>
      1	Jiwoong Yu <jiwoongs0510@gmail.com>
      1	Patrick Lawton <plawton@umich.edu>
      1	Paul Dodd <pdodd@umich.edu>
-     1	Emily Siew <esiew@umich.edu>
diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index ed5bf7579..1449539c2 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # version and release are set the same for this package.
-version = "2.6.0"
-release = "2.6.0"
+version = "2.6.1"
+release = "2.6.1"
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/freud/__init__.py b/freud/__init__.py
index 8fa67f609..885d1b06b 100644
--- a/freud/__init__.py
+++ b/freud/__init__.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # automatic selection runs, the user cannot change it.
 set_num_threads(0)
 
-__version__ = "2.6.0"
+__version__ = "2.6.1"
 
 __all__ = [
     "__version__",
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b6b81f905..6856005e3 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 2.6.0
+current_version = 2.6.1
 commit = True
 tag = False
 message = Bump up to version {new_version}.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 555e710b0..38d1c1259 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 from skbuild import setup as skbuild_setup
 
-version = "2.6.0"
+version = "2.6.1"
 
 # Read README for PyPI, fallback to short description if it fails.
 description = "Powerful, efficient trajectory analysis in scientific Python."