diff --git a/src/amg/HISTORY.rst b/src/amg/HISTORY.rst
index 10c5e414221..beaa9c0e81a 100644
--- a/src/amg/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/src/amg/HISTORY.rst
@@ -137,3 +137,8 @@ Release History
 * `az grafana integrations monitor add`: support optional subscription id argument for multi-subscription scenarios
 * `az grafana integrations monitor delete`: support optional subscription id argument for multi-subscription scenarios
 * `az grafana notification-channel`: deprecate command group as part of Grafana legacy alerting deprecation
+
+
+2.6.1
+++++++
+* Remove msrestazure dependency
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diff --git a/src/amg/azext_amg/_validators.py b/src/amg/azext_amg/_validators.py
index e905c58afe1..e01e818890b 100644
--- a/src/amg/azext_amg/_validators.py
+++ b/src/amg/azext_amg/_validators.py
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@
 # Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-from msrestazure.tools import parse_resource_id
-
 from knack.util import CLIError
 
 from azure.cli.core.commands.validators import get_default_location_from_resource_group, validate_tags
 from azure.cli.core.commands.client_factory import get_mgmt_service_client
 from azure.cli.core.profiles import ResourceType
+from azure.mgmt.core.tools import parse_resource_id
 
 
 def process_grafana_create_namespace(cmd, namespace):
diff --git a/src/amg/setup.py b/src/amg/setup.py
index 8a2b44bca89..9c185aa2bb3 100644
--- a/src/amg/setup.py
+++ b/src/amg/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 # TODO: Confirm this is the right version number you want and it matches your
 # HISTORY.rst entry.
-VERSION = '2.6.0'
+VERSION = '2.6.1'
 
 # The full list of classifiers is available at
 # https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers