From ed1820dd6daed8146175edb1bbf90dc27867855c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matteo Bini <91963243+b-matteo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2025 09:38:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Update backend.py

---
 src/ansys/geometry/core/connection/backend.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/ansys/geometry/core/connection/backend.py b/src/ansys/geometry/core/connection/backend.py
index c3e917c80f..d16ebe3799 100644
--- a/src/ansys/geometry/core/connection/backend.py
+++ b/src/ansys/geometry/core/connection/backend.py
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ class ApiVersions(Enum):
     V_241 = 241
     V_242 = 242
     V_251 = 251
-    V_252 = LATEST = 252
+    V_252 = 252
+    V_261 = LATEST = 261
 
     @staticmethod
     def parse_input(version: Union[int, str, "ApiVersions"]) -> "ApiVersions":

From aedcb6875c895bd21ffe4c866000344cfec59163 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matteo Bini <91963243+b-matteo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2025 09:45:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update docker files and instance class

---
 docker/linux/coreservice/Dockerfile                   | 2 +-
 docker/windows/coreservice/Dockerfile                 | 2 +-
 src/ansys/geometry/core/connection/docker_instance.py | 2 ++
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docker/linux/coreservice/Dockerfile b/docker/linux/coreservice/Dockerfile
index c840c44080..766ccf1ffc 100644
--- a/docker/linux/coreservice/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/linux/coreservice/Dockerfile
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ ENV LOG_LEVEL=2
 ENV ANSYSLMD_LICENSE_FILE=""
 ENV ANSYS_CI_INSTALL=/app/CADIntegration
 ENV P_SCHEMA=/app/Schema/
-ENV ANSYSCL251_DIR=/app/licensingclient/
 ENV ANSYSCL252_DIR=/app/licensingclient/
+ENV ANSYSCL261_DIR=/app/licensingclient/
 
 # Add container labels
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="ANSYS Inc."
diff --git a/docker/windows/coreservice/Dockerfile b/docker/windows/coreservice/Dockerfile
index 1ee080adb3..b73038444c 100644
--- a/docker/windows/coreservice/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/windows/coreservice/Dockerfile
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ ENV LOG_LEVEL=2
 ENV ANSYSLMD_LICENSE_FILE=""
 ENV ANSYS_CI_INSTALL=C:/app/CADIntegration
 ENV P_SCHEMA=C:/app/Schema
-ENV ANSYSCL251_DIR=C:/app/licensingclient
 ENV ANSYSCL252_DIR=C:/app/licensingclient
+ENV ANSYSCL261_DIR=C:/app/licensingclient
 
 # Add container labels
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="ANSYS Inc."
diff --git a/src/ansys/geometry/core/connection/docker_instance.py b/src/ansys/geometry/core/connection/docker_instance.py
index 07e53071c9..92cdcd7caf 100644
--- a/src/ansys/geometry/core/connection/docker_instance.py
+++ b/src/ansys/geometry/core/connection/docker_instance.py
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ class GeometryContainers(Enum):
     WINDOWS_25_2 = 9, "windows", "windows-25.2"
     CORE_WINDOWS_25_2 = 10, "windows", "core-windows-25.2"
     CORE_LINUX_25_2 = 11, "linux", "core-linux-25.2"
+    CORE_WINDOWS_26_1 = 10, "windows", "core-windows-26.1"
+    CORE_LINUX_26_1 = 11, "linux", "core-linux-26.1"
 
 
 class LocalDockerInstance:

From ba48024a982488af36c251a582ef9abdf1e4ce00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pyansys-ci-bot <92810346+pyansys-ci-bot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2025 07:53:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] chore: adding changelog file 1980.added.md
 [dependabot-skip]

---
 doc/changelog.d/1980.added.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 doc/changelog.d/1980.added.md

diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/1980.added.md b/doc/changelog.d/1980.added.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3177d1e141
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/1980.added.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+add 261 version api versions list
\ No newline at end of file