diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 925bda9ac843..fd74c41caa57 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@
   "google-cloud-location_finder+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-location_finder-v1": "0.1.1",
   "google-cloud-location_finder-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
-  "google-cloud-logging": "2.6.0",
+  "google-cloud-logging": "2.6.1",
   "google-cloud-logging+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-logging-v2": "1.5.1",
   "google-cloud-logging-v2+FILLER": "0.0.0",
diff --git a/google-cloud-logging/CHANGELOG.md b/google-cloud-logging/CHANGELOG.md
index 202815a4988f..46b8a6f0347d 100644
--- a/google-cloud-logging/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/google-cloud-logging/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Release History
 
+### 2.6.1 (2025-11-04)
+
+#### Documentation
+
+* add warning about loading unvalidated credentials ([#32121](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/32121)) 
+
 ### 2.6.0 (2025-03-04)
 
 #### Features
diff --git a/google-cloud-logging/lib/google/cloud/logging/version.rb b/google-cloud-logging/lib/google/cloud/logging/version.rb
index 9dbd249d58f1..f9aa9cfc7cee 100644
--- a/google-cloud-logging/lib/google/cloud/logging/version.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-logging/lib/google/cloud/logging/version.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 module Google
   module Cloud
     module Logging
-      VERSION = "2.6.0".freeze
+      VERSION = "2.6.1".freeze
     end
   end
 end