diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-nanobind/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-nanobind/package.py
index 0845225a146..840fb64a7f6 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-nanobind/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-nanobind/package.py
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ class PyNanobind(PythonPackage):
     license("BSD-3-Clause")
 
     version("master", branch="master", submodules=True)
+    version(
+        "2.6.1", tag="v2.6.1", commit="9b3afa9dbdc23641daf26fadef7743e7127ff92f", submodules=True
+    )
     version(
         "2.5.0", tag="v2.5.0", commit="4ccbe6e005fc017652312305f280742da49d3dd5", submodules=True
     )