From 5346d1b587a790bac4dc4f100a28fae9db0fd7c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Byron <sebastian.thiel@icloud.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:00:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] prepare next release

---
 VERSION                |  2 +-
 doc/source/changes.rst | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 17f8e2fbb..c29b32b56 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.1.60
+3.1.61
diff --git a/doc/source/changes.rst b/doc/source/changes.rst
index dcdc6d0c5..6b06dd5bf 100644
--- a/doc/source/changes.rst
+++ b/doc/source/changes.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+3.1.61
+======
+
+A fixup release to avoid accidental removal of public class regex on Actor.
+It's now deprecated instead.
+
+If you can, also try and provide feedback on the upcoming v4 branch
+https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/pull/2177 - patches welcome.
+
+See the following for all changes.
+https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/releases/tag/3.1.61
+
 3.1.60
 ======