diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 69f8ab1ce..252189ce8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -2,8 +2,18 @@
 List of major changes and improvements between releases
 =======================================================
 
-Yosys 0.60 .. Yosys 0.61-dev
+Yosys 0.60 .. Yosys 0.61
 --------------------------
+ * Various
+    - Removed "cover" pass for coverage tracking.
+    - Avoid merging formal properties with "opt_merge" pass.
+    - Parallelize "opt_merge" pass.
+
+ * New commands and options
+    - Added "design_equal" pass to support fuzz-test comparison.
+    - Added "lut2bmux" pass to convert $lut to $bmux.
+    - Added "-legalize" option to "read_rtlil" pass to prevent 
+      semantic errors.
 
 Yosys 0.59 .. Yosys 0.60
 --------------------------
diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index 2d962dddc..a3ca45b42 100644
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ISC License
 
-Copyright (C) 2012 - 2025  Claire Xenia Wolf <claire@yosyshq.com>
+Copyright (C) 2012 - 2026  Claire Xenia Wolf <claire@yosyshq.com>
 
 Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
 purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3f287741f..db7a115e8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ ifeq ($(OS), Haiku)
 CXXFLAGS += -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE
 endif
 
-YOSYS_VER := 0.60+102
+YOSYS_VER := 0.61
 YOSYS_MAJOR := $(shell echo $(YOSYS_VER) | cut -d'.' -f1)
 YOSYS_MINOR := $(shell echo $(YOSYS_VER) | cut -d'.' -f2 | cut -d'+' -f1)
 YOSYS_COMMIT := $(shell echo $(YOSYS_VER) | cut -d'+' -f2)
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ endif
 OBJS = kernel/version_$(GIT_REV).o
 
 bumpversion:
-	sed -i "/^YOSYS_VER := / s/+[0-9][0-9]*$$/+`git log --oneline 5bafeb7.. | wc -l`/;" Makefile
+#	sed -i "/^YOSYS_VER := / s/+[0-9][0-9]*$$/+`git log --oneline 5bafeb7.. | wc -l`/;" Makefile
 
 ABCMKARGS = CC="$(CXX)" CXX="$(CXX)" ABC_USE_LIBSTDCXX=1 ABC_USE_NAMESPACE=abc VERBOSE=$(Q)
 
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 01bb620ea..34f8be029 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import os
 
 project = 'YosysHQ Yosys'
 author = 'YosysHQ GmbH'
-copyright ='2025 YosysHQ GmbH'
-yosys_ver = "0.60"
+copyright ='2026 YosysHQ GmbH'
+yosys_ver = "0.61"
 
 # select HTML theme
 html_theme = 'furo-ys'