diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index b91a0d3fa91d..d2bcac2bcb7c 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@
   "google-cloud-media_translation-v1beta1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-memcache": "2.2.0",
   "google-cloud-memcache+FILLER": "0.0.0",
-  "google-cloud-memcache-v1": "2.6.0",
+  "google-cloud-memcache-v1": "2.6.1",
   "google-cloud-memcache-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2": "0.18.0",
   "google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2+FILLER": "0.0.0",
diff --git a/google-cloud-memcache-v1/CHANGELOG.md b/google-cloud-memcache-v1/CHANGELOG.md
index f3310b4537d2..e991aedab839 100644
--- a/google-cloud-memcache-v1/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/google-cloud-memcache-v1/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Release History
 
+### 2.6.1 (2026-08-05)
+
+#### Bug Fixes
+
+* generate double-wildcard path patterns with capture groups ([#35056](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/35056)) 
+
 ### 2.6.0 (2026-06-11)
 
 #### Features
diff --git a/google-cloud-memcache-v1/lib/google/cloud/memcache/v1/version.rb b/google-cloud-memcache-v1/lib/google/cloud/memcache/v1/version.rb
index d6e501d6868e..803f8e45f2a6 100644
--- a/google-cloud-memcache-v1/lib/google/cloud/memcache/v1/version.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-memcache-v1/lib/google/cloud/memcache/v1/version.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module Google
   module Cloud
     module Memcache
       module V1
-        VERSION = "2.6.0"
+        VERSION = "2.6.1"
       end
     end
   end