diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 38a4117eb8..7d2052b592 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ v 7.10.0 (unreleased)
   - Fix and improve help rendering (Sullivan Sénéchal)
   - Fix final line in EmailsOnPush email diff being rendered as error.
   - Authometic setup GitLab CI project for forks if origin project has GitLab CI enabled
+  - Fix git over ssh errors 'fatal: protocol error: bad line length character' 
 
 v 7.9.3
   - Contains no changes
diff --git a/GITLAB_SHELL_VERSION b/GITLAB_SHELL_VERSION
index e70b4523ae..6a6a3d8e35 100644
--- a/GITLAB_SHELL_VERSION
+++ b/GITLAB_SHELL_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.6.0
+2.6.1