prep for 2.6.1 release

HISTORY.md

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+## v2.6.1 (2024-02-05)
+
+[GitHub release](https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/releases/tag/v2.6.1)
+
+### What's Changed
+
+#### Packaging
+
+* Upgrade to `pydantic-core` 2.16.2 by @sydney-runkle in [#8717](https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/pull/8717)
+
+#### Fixes
+
+* Fix bug with `mypy` plugin and `no_strict_optional = True` by @dmontagu in [#8666](https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/pull/8666)
+* Fix `ByteSize` error `type` change by @sydney-runkle in [#8681](https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/pull/8681)
+* Fix inheriting `Field` annotations in dataclasses by @sydney-runkle in [#8679](https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/pull/8679)
+* Fix regression in core schema generation for indirect definition references by @dmontagu in [#8702](https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/pull/8702)
+* Fix unsupported types bug with `PlainValidator` by @sydney-runkle in [#8710](https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/pull/8710)
+* Reverting problematic fix from 2.6 release, fixing schema building bug by @sydney-runkle in [#8718](https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/pull/8718)
+* Fix warning for tuple of wrong size in `Union` by @davidhewitt in [pydantic/pydantic-core#1174](https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-core/pull/1174)
+* Fix `computed_field` JSON serializer `exclude_none` behavior by @sydney-runkle in [pydantic/pydantic-core#1187](https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-core/pull/1187)
+
+
 ## v2.6.0 (2024-01-29)
 
 [GitHub release](https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/releases/tag/v2.6.0)

pydantic/version.py

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 __all__ = 'VERSION', 'version_info'
 
-VERSION = '2.6.0'
+VERSION = '2.6.1'
 """The version of Pydantic."""