diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3555f05..c0a99be 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@
 /nvme-cli-2.3.tar.gz
 /nvme-cli-2.4.tar.gz
 /nvme-cli-2.5.tar.gz
+/nvme-cli-2.6.tar.gz
diff --git a/nvme-cli-2.6-fabrics-Use_corresponding_hostid_when_hostnqn_is_generated.patch b/nvme-cli-2.6-fabrics-Use_corresponding_hostid_when_hostnqn_is_generated.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f9fc2fe..0000000
--- a/nvme-cli-2.6-fabrics-Use_corresponding_hostid_when_hostnqn_is_generated.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-From 7d1c18f581e489e0cedfd9991bc97a2f8239cf82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Shin'ichiro Kawasaki <shinichiro.kawasaki@wdc.com>
-Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2023 20:21:39 +0900
-Subject: [PATCH] fabrics: Use corresponding hostid when hostnqn is generated
-
-After the kernel commit ae8bd606e09b ("nvme-fabrics: prevent overriding
-of existing host"), kernel ensures hostid and hostnqn maintain 1:1
-mapping and "non 1:1 mapping will be rejected". This makes 'nvme
-discover' and 'nvme connect' commands fail when they generate hostnqn,
-since it does not use corresponding hostid.
-
-To avoid the failures, prepare and use corresponding hostid to the
-generated hostnqn, taking the hostid from the hostnqn string. Also add
-checks for prepared hostnqn and hostid. If the hostid taken from the
-generated hostnqn is different from the hostid from file, print a
-warning message. Also, if the prepared hostnqn are inconsistent with the
-prepared hostid, print a warning.
-
-Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nvme/l7vk7fnzltpmvkwujsbf2btrzip6wh7ug62iwa3totqcda25l6@siqx7tj6lt3l/
-Signed-off-by: Shin'ichiro Kawasaki <shinichiro.kawasaki@wdc.com>
-Signed-off-by: Daniel Wagner <dwagner@suse.de>
----
- fabrics.c | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
- 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/fabrics.c b/fabrics.c
-index 14a91cc6b..40aef6932 100644
---- a/fabrics.c
-+++ b/fabrics.c
-@@ -689,6 +689,43 @@ static int nvme_read_volatile_config(nvme_root_t r)
- 	return ret;
- }
- 
-+char *nvmf_hostid_from_hostnqn(const char *hostnqn)
-+{
-+	const char *uuid;
-+
-+	if (!hostnqn)
-+		return NULL;
-+
-+	uuid = strstr(hostnqn, "uuid:");
-+	if (!uuid)
-+		return NULL;
-+
-+	return strdup(uuid + strlen("uuid:"));
-+}
-+
-+void nvmf_check_hostid_and_hostnqn(const char *hostid, const char *hostnqn)
-+{
-+	char *hostid_from_file, *hostid_from_hostnqn;
-+
-+	if (!hostid)
-+		return;
-+
-+	hostid_from_file = nvmf_hostid_from_file();
-+	if (hostid_from_file && strcmp(hostid_from_file, hostid)) {
-+		fprintf(stderr, "warning: use generated hostid instead of hostid file\n");
-+		free(hostid_from_file);
-+	}
-+
-+	if (!hostnqn)
-+		return;
-+
-+	hostid_from_hostnqn = nvmf_hostid_from_hostnqn(hostnqn);
-+	if (hostid_from_hostnqn && strcmp(hostid_from_hostnqn, hostid)) {
-+		fprintf(stderr, "warning: use hostid which does not match uuid in hostnqn\n");
-+		free(hostid_from_hostnqn);
-+	}
-+}
-+
- int nvmf_discover(const char *desc, int argc, char **argv, bool connect)
- {
- 	char *subsysnqn = NVME_DISC_SUBSYS_NAME;
-@@ -765,10 +802,13 @@ int nvmf_discover(const char *desc, int argc, char **argv, bool connect)
- 	hostid_arg = hostid;
- 	if (!hostnqn)
- 		hostnqn = hnqn = nvmf_hostnqn_from_file();
--	if (!hostnqn)
-+	if (!hostnqn) {
- 		hostnqn = hnqn = nvmf_hostnqn_generate();
-+		hostid = hid = nvmf_hostid_from_hostnqn(hostnqn);
-+	}
- 	if (!hostid)
- 		hostid = hid = nvmf_hostid_from_file();
-+	nvmf_check_hostid_and_hostnqn(hostid, hostnqn);
- 	h = nvme_lookup_host(r, hostnqn, hostid);
- 	if (!h) {
- 		ret = ENOMEM;
-@@ -978,10 +1018,13 @@ int nvmf_connect(const char *desc, int argc, char **argv)
- 
- 	if (!hostnqn)
- 		hostnqn = hnqn = nvmf_hostnqn_from_file();
--	if (!hostnqn)
-+	if (!hostnqn) {
- 		hostnqn = hnqn = nvmf_hostnqn_generate();
-+		hostid = hid = nvmf_hostid_from_hostnqn(hostnqn);
-+	}
- 	if (!hostid)
- 		hostid = hid = nvmf_hostid_from_file();
-+	nvmf_check_hostid_and_hostnqn(hostid, hostnqn);
- 	h = nvme_lookup_host(r, hostnqn, hostid);
- 	if (!h) {
- 		errno = ENOMEM;
diff --git a/nvme-cli.spec b/nvme-cli.spec
index 0a029d2..d94873e 100644
--- a/nvme-cli.spec
+++ b/nvme-cli.spec
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 %{!?version_no_tilde: %define version_no_tilde %{shrink:%(echo '%{version}' | tr '~' '-')}}
 
 Name:           nvme-cli
-Version:        2.5
-Release:        4%{?dist}
+Version:        2.6
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        NVMe management command line interface
 
-License:        GPLv2
+License:        GPL-2.0-only
 URL:            https://github.com/linux-nvme/nvme-cli
 Source0:        %{url}/archive/v%{version_no_tilde}/%{name}-%{version_no_tilde}.tar.gz
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ BuildRequires:  systemd-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
 BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
 
-BuildRequires:  libnvme-devel >= 1.5
+BuildRequires:  libnvme-devel >= 1.6
 BuildRequires:  json-c-devel >= 0.13
 
 BuildRequires:  asciidoc
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ BuildRequires:  xmlto
 
 Requires:       util-linux
 
-Patch0:         nvme-cli-2.6-fabrics-Use_corresponding_hostid_when_hostnqn_is_generated.patch
-
 %description
 nvme-cli provides NVM-Express user space tooling for Linux.
 
@@ -78,6 +76,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_pkgdocdir}/nvme
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Sep 29 2023 Tomas Bzatek <tbzatek@redhat.com> - 2.6-1
+- Update to 2.6
+
 * Thu Aug 17 2023 Tomas Bzatek <tbzatek@redhat.com> - 2.5-4
 - Mark /etc/nvme/discovery.conf as (noreplace)
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index f820245..844ac50 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (nvme-cli-2.5.tar.gz) = 50c557e86e95b27a0ad57779c33bbb847e12dd45c30e792f5ce1d52dedd4bc704ac25fa0af2fdebd281c9dfe0059f7ed7c1620fccfde9323f6f9a97afdf8c3cb
+SHA512 (nvme-cli-2.6.tar.gz) = da4daef2d7c554455e0c195c03f92188e0e946409a3bd8a5b421d9a106746e82fb1309901d2893639b1a3447bda094c80a9f49f59bf43cf2b00402f82beea3fc