diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 14494be..a003dc3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 /ldb-2.5.0.tar.gz
 /ldb-2.5.1.tar.gz
 /ldb-2.5.2.tar.gz
+/ldb-2.6.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/0001-PATCH-wafsamba-Fix-few-SyntaxWarnings-caused-by-regu.patch b/0001-PATCH-wafsamba-Fix-few-SyntaxWarnings-caused-by-regu.patch
index 3b81899..7742479 100644
--- a/0001-PATCH-wafsamba-Fix-few-SyntaxWarnings-caused-by-regu.patch
+++ b/0001-PATCH-wafsamba-Fix-few-SyntaxWarnings-caused-by-regu.patch
@@ -131,19 +131,6 @@ index ef632ba903369e4211991f17a3b204bcd96c3a2f..63e50567860ff890b00b0ce6c7607c91
          if not m:
              conf.end_msg('not found', color='YELLOW')
              return
-diff --git a/buildtools/wafsamba/samba_cross.py b/buildtools/wafsamba/samba_cross.py
-index 8863c2c53e7d7dd9317c9233f0085ffd0eea6b2f..34793902fba884cf2d8358bf4315dc98027266b6 100644
---- a/buildtools/wafsamba/samba_cross.py
-+++ b/buildtools/wafsamba/samba_cross.py
-@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def cross_answer(ca_file, msg):
-                 f.close()
-                 return (0, ans.strip("'"))
-             else:
--                m = re.match('\(\s*(-?\d+)\s*,\s*\"(.*)\"\s*\)', ans)
-+                m = re.match(r'\(\s*(-?\d+)\s*,\s*\"(.*)\"\s*\)', ans)
-                 if m:
-                     f.close()
-                     return (int(m.group(1)), m.group(2))
 diff --git a/buildtools/wafsamba/samba_headers.py b/buildtools/wafsamba/samba_headers.py
 index a268c011c5d8e406e0d763554c55668cfb5388bc..c8bee19010978a04460b0637fcc8fd484a699ea8 100644
 --- a/buildtools/wafsamba/samba_headers.py
diff --git a/ldb-2.5.2.tar.asc b/ldb-2.5.2.tar.asc
deleted file mode 100644
index 32f0908..0000000
--- a/ldb-2.5.2.tar.asc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
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diff --git a/ldb-2.6.1.tar.asc b/ldb-2.6.1.tar.asc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fd13fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ldb-2.6.1.tar.asc
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
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diff --git a/libldb.spec b/libldb.spec
index 8998492..667fe38 100644
--- a/libldb.spec
+++ b/libldb.spec
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@
 %bcond_with python3
 %endif
 
-%global talloc_version 2.3.3
-%global tdb_version 1.4.6
-%global tevent_version 0.11.0
+%global talloc_version 2.3.4
+%global tdb_version 1.4.7
+%global tevent_version 0.13.0
 
 Name: libldb
-Version: 2.5.2
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Version: 2.6.1
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: A schema-less, ldap like, API and database
 Requires: libtalloc%{?_isa} >= %{talloc_version}
 Requires: libtdb%{?_isa} >= %{tdb_version}
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_mandir}/man3/_*
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Oct 24 2022 Andreas Schneider <asn@redhat.com> - 2.6.1-1
+- resolves: rhbz#2132052 - Update to version 2.6.1
+
 * Thu Aug 11 2022 Andreas Schneider <asn@redhat.com> - 2.5.2-2
 - resolves: rhbz#2108998 - Rebuild to include python3-ldb-devel in CRB
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 79592b9..5e845a4 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA512 (ldb-2.5.2.tar.gz) = 02ae1246f99d9b6d6b33c5030488aa46c6abb535b4da4b13799a62b49d32c490b7c088ef41c0bc5a1b2f7263c680faceb8033827834cb6f66916adcdb5be421c
+SHA512 (ldb-2.6.1.tar.gz) = 7b920c5ec1252446584caeedf9ec18aeb5c1b689c2ecc8ae65c0d5b64bf0bca0cbaa887c07fca90b36b16904e3a08534fc513fec6bac288e80f94d2980c36211
 SHA512 (ldb.keyring) = dab8c56fad6555885ee05f26f1e6da8d4c95c0cd7bdba114422b31d33b95ce46e763946a4be17c651e2626c0511f087bc223773f74b4d43ffc3010528b270093