diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 98db600cc..339e82ed8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 Magento Functional Testing Framework Changelog
 ================================================
 
+2.6.1
+-----
+
+* Usability
+    * Introduced new `.env` configuration `ELASTICSEARCH_VERSION` to support multiple elasticsearch versions
+* Maintainability
+    * Added deprecation notices for upcoming MFTF 3.0.0
+* Replaced facebook webdriver with php-webdriver to support PHP version updates
+
 2.6.0
 -----
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index e6d081114..9a806e35c 100755
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "name": "magento/magento2-functional-testing-framework",
     "description": "Magento2 Functional Testing Framework",
     "type": "library",
-    "version": "2.6.0",
+    "version": "2.6.1",
     "license": "AGPL-3.0",
     "keywords": ["magento", "automation", "functional", "testing"],
     "config": {
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
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         "mustache/mustache": "~2.5",
         "symfony/process": "^2.8 || ^3.1 || ^4.0",
-        "vlucas/phpdotenv": "^2.4"
+        "vlucas/phpdotenv": "^2.4",
+        "php-webdriver/webdriver": "^1.8.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "~3.2",
@@ -44,6 +45,9 @@
     "suggest": {
         "epfremme/swagger-php": "^2.0"
     },
+    "replace": {
+        "facebook/webdriver": "^1.7.1"
+    },
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         "files": ["src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/_bootstrap.php"],
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diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index ac510665e..c493c4d77 100644
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@@ -1837,67 +1837,6 @@
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@@ -3035,6 +2974,71 @@
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+            "keywords": [
+                "Chromedriver",
+                "geckodriver",
+                "php",
+                "selenium",
+                "webdriver"
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+            "time": "2020-02-10T15:04:25+00:00"
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