diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d8e41ac8..b70b67ed 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-api-core/#history
 
+### [2.6.1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/compare/v2.6.0...v2.6.1) (2022-03-05)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Remove py2 tag from wheel ([#343](https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/issues/343)) ([7e21e9e](https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/commit/7e21e9e34892472a34f9b44175fa761f0e3fd9ed))
+
 ## [2.6.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/compare/v2.5.0...v2.6.0) (2022-03-03)
 
 
diff --git a/google/api_core/version.py b/google/api_core/version.py
index ae34a9fb..410cd066 100644
--- a/google/api_core/version.py
+++ b/google/api_core/version.py
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "2.6.0"
+__version__ = "2.6.1"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 0be0b3ff..8857e9b0 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[bdist_wheel]
-universal = 1
-
 [pytype]
 python_version = 3.6
 inputs =