diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0a236bb..4a918cf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -302,3 +302,6 @@
 /nmstate-2.2.60.tar.gz
 /nmstate-2.2.60.tar.gz.asc
 /nmstate-vendor-2.2.60.tar.xz
+/nmstate-2.2.61.tar.gz
+/nmstate-2.2.61.tar.gz.asc
+/nmstate-vendor-2.2.61.tar.xz
diff --git a/nmstate.spec b/nmstate.spec
index b346176..1dc029d 100644
--- a/nmstate.spec
+++ b/nmstate.spec
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 %define libname libnmstate
 
 Name:           nmstate
-Version:        2.2.60
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        2.2.61
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Declarative network manager API
 License:        LGPLv2+
 URL:            https://github.com/%{srcname}/%{srcname}
@@ -164,6 +164,11 @@ popd
 /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jul 23 2026 Rahul Rajesh <rrajesh@redhat.com> - 2.2.61-1
+- Upgrade to 2.2.61
+- Support referring alt-name in `copy-mac-from` property. RHEL-214096
+- Fix validation of conflicting routes in kernel mode. RHEL-214095
+
 * Wed May 6 2026 Íñigo Huguet <ihuguet@redhat.com> - 2.2.60-2
 - Fix a bug in Nispor that causes not to recognize Infiniband devices (RHEL-173627)
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 70957f3..207b27e 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SHA512 (nmstate-2.2.60.tar.gz) = a1ac0d787c74c551297948aea18a4f81e61ecee139e2ed39d74fde535a3b2418e3bab121f9b2edb6613d9c11829e2018caa0300741c555cbe0d64f94c72cf123
-SHA512 (nmstate-2.2.60.tar.gz.asc) = 85b03e09d91665a96de8e8de8145852670d7b1267505b5acd1668609951239b7dc64307d46429e582489a637ba93b231c5c1c001e60953ceff6c6d6b40dbfd70
-SHA512 (nmstate-vendor-2.2.60.tar.xz) = 9d78020f6dd0c8380aecc070ace4b5731336099f7c2a9a30387a2e8e4eebfa24a32859404f2c39402dfda2625a19292a27fd311e4b4821cd7098d873a3ce87c1
-SHA512 (nmstate.gpg) = e465239bc2a037457c5cb105f69cb033c092708285689f906b5e40cae01e12629bec1cdee7eb6aa3a327e4fc93dfd5ce0e006b295fe5ced8df039f9098cef0bc
+SHA512 (nmstate-2.2.61.tar.gz) = 268eb9e2836f2540ed8fbb5f4ba99afb3553e75134a08c7b6f61c6d2b08f1cadaa72848b8f40eb600dd8c53db57dcb5e9dec5d6d58cd848215eef898aef61daa
+SHA512 (nmstate-2.2.61.tar.gz.asc) = 765222742b0eb27c724dd6c55bcac97937682b7c8d0e903b8fc6b41cb819d23dded3273b631428225bc98d93836be4707c65459b6effb77eee020bc87b9c6177
+SHA512 (nmstate-vendor-2.2.61.tar.xz) = 43a91ba66b2b840d4ee1d0762706172bf1dbadba565781d2659b03b2210a4051ca58c5378ea684be38a7bf35cf2554d12c24abd4014722c485f6e27f27626cc8
+SHA512 (nmstate.gpg) = 8ff5ce7ecb92ff52fdca59a615d708b5ee8f33a575b250a36197c790a832030c4a3d3166524d44a8a59d1ed4e284d000c9d75e7c9c41b9d7095954920854cb55