diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dfd4d4212..295f8904c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [6.2.1] - 2025-10-01
+
+- Fix inability to copy text outside of an input/textarea when it was focused https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/6148
+
 ## [6.2.0] - 2025-09-30
 
 ### Changed
@@ -3129,6 +3133,7 @@ https://textual.textualize.io/blog/2022/11/08/version-040/#version-040
 - New handler system for messages that doesn't require inheritance
 - Improved traceback handling
 
+[6.2.1]: https://github.com/Textualize/textual/compare/v6.2.0...v6.2.1
 [6.2.0]: https://github.com/Textualize/textual/compare/v6.1.0...v6.2.0
 [6.1.0]: https://github.com/Textualize/textual/compare/v6.0.0...v6.1.0
 [6.0.0]: https://github.com/Textualize/textual/compare/v5.3.0...v6.0.0
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 593082ea3..34b95711e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "textual"
-version = "6.2.0"
+version = "6.2.1"
 homepage = "https://github.com/Textualize/textual"
 repository = "https://github.com/Textualize/textual"
 documentation = "https://textual.textualize.io/"