diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index fa44d594..aa28f384 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ env:
     - secure: ZYRGAGHl/9mtiuNtSPhRR34RAqQTX5qMthUO07dytNtle7EPJ+K9tNwT6RvTL6qsNxE0gtvNiAGIZP8aKo/wzEdHKMeJT7E3HaVw/7OQpd/qHegxJlLrkTbo1DlZISM0UgM1u6505ioxzKFed+YaPq+EveHT5V713qkH626GUOw=
     - PGVERSION="9.3"
     - JANSSON_VERSION="2.7"
-    - BATON_VERSION="0.17.0"
+    - BATON_VERSION="0.17.1"
     - DISPOSABLE_IRODS_VERSION="1.2"
     - RENCI_FTP_URL=ftp://ftp.renci.org
     - WTSI_NPG_GITHUB_URL=https://github.com/wtsi-npg
diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 6f96d416..033adec7 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Release 2.6.1
+ - Support baton versions  >=0.16.4 and <=0.17.1
+ 
 Release 2.6.0
 
  - Bugfix; correctly report multiple AVUs found for a given attribute
diff --git a/README b/README
index 1c15b73f..4230f2b7 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ iRODS   https://github.com/irods/irods-legacy
 
 baton   https://github.com/wtsi-npg/baton
 
-        Version 0.16.4 - 0.17.0
+        Version 0.16.4 - 0.17.1
diff --git a/lib/WTSI/NPG/iRODS.pm b/lib/WTSI/NPG/iRODS.pm
index c2f2ea4b..6fd1db2a 100644
--- a/lib/WTSI/NPG/iRODS.pm
+++ b/lib/WTSI/NPG/iRODS.pm
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ with 'WTSI::DNAP::Utilities::Loggable', 'WTSI::NPG::iRODS::Utilities';
 
 our $VERSION = '';
 
-our $MAX_BATON_VERSION = '0.17.0';
+our $MAX_BATON_VERSION = '0.17.1';
 our $MIN_BATON_VERSION = '0.16.4';
 
 our $IADMIN      = 'iadmin';