diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f974b69..308856a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /objenesis-1.2.tar.xz
 /2.1.tar.gz
+/2.6.tar.gz
diff --git a/0001-Fix-build-with-current-jar-plugin.patch b/0001-Fix-build-with-current-jar-plugin.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 68a8359..0000000
--- a/0001-Fix-build-with-current-jar-plugin.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-From 0c505777f861779eb499c3ad06dbef2ef8f6118a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Michael Simacek <msimacek@redhat.com>
-Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2016 13:17:13 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Fix build with current jar-plugin
-
----
- main/pom.xml | 8 ++++++++
- pom.xml      | 1 -
- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/main/pom.xml b/main/pom.xml
-index a23ce9e..70c9a0d 100644
---- a/main/pom.xml
-+++ b/main/pom.xml
-@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@
-   <build>
-     <plugins>
-       <plugin>
-+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-+        <configuration>
-+          <archive>
-+            <manifestFile>${project.build.outputDirectory}/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
-+          </archive>
-+        </configuration>
-+      </plugin>
-+      <plugin>
-         <groupId>com.keyboardsamurais.maven</groupId>
-         <artifactId>maven-timestamp-plugin</artifactId>
-       </plugin>
-diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
-index 4982e47..1b257bc 100644
---- a/pom.xml
-+++ b/pom.xml
-@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@
-       <plugin>
-         <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-         <configuration>
--          <useDefaultManifestFile>true</useDefaultManifestFile>
-           <archive>
-             <index>true</index>
-             <addMavenDescriptor>false</addMavenDescriptor>
--- 
-2.5.5
-
diff --git a/objenesis.spec b/objenesis.spec
index 4fcee61..fe99208 100644
--- a/objenesis.spec
+++ b/objenesis.spec
@@ -30,14 +30,12 @@
 
 Summary:        A library for instantiating Java objects
 Name:           objenesis
-Version:        2.1
-Release:        7%{?dist}
+Version:        2.6
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 License:        ASL 2.0
 URL:            http://objenesis.org/
 Source0:        https://github.com/easymock/%{name}/archive/%{version}.tar.gz
 
-Patch1:         0001-Fix-build-with-current-jar-plugin.patch
-
 BuildRequires:  maven-local
 BuildRequires:  mvn(junit:junit)
 BuildRequires:  mvn(org.apache.felix:maven-bundle-plugin)
@@ -80,8 +78,6 @@ This package contains the API documentation for %{name}.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 
-%patch1 -p1
-
 # Enable generation of pom.properties (rhbz#1017850)
 %pom_xpath_remove pom:addMavenDescriptor
 
@@ -107,6 +103,9 @@ This package contains the API documentation for %{name}.
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Sep 18 2017 Mikolaj Izdebski <mizdebsk@redhat.com> - 2.6-1
+- Update to upstream version 2.6
+
 * Thu Jul 27 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.1-7
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index dddfec2..cc2fdb9 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8f6e5f347b950f23a8c4ae6618c4b65d  2.1.tar.gz
+SHA512 (2.6.tar.gz) = 554b191390cd990147dafc64996915ab508d2482113430da9d8989e7d23811efbd623a5c8e9d9a878536723459ac7e5091777736742e31944b611e5f2bc8772b