diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 069614d6c..d87e2001b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [2.6.1] - 2024-04-29
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Ignored auth related hreaders for `login` and `change_password` resource
+
 ## [2.6.0] - 2024-04-19
 
 ### Added
@@ -122,7 +128,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Initial Release
 
-[unreleased]: https://github.com/netscaler/ansible-collection-netscaleradc/compare/2.6.0...HEAD
+[unreleased]: https://github.com/netscaler/ansible-collection-netscaleradc/compare/2.6.1...HEAD
+[2.6.1]: https://github.com/netscaler/ansible-collection-netscaleradc/compare/2.6.0...2.6.1
 [2.6.0]: https://github.com/netscaler/ansible-collection-netscaleradc/compare/2.5.2...2.6.0
 [2.5.2]: https://github.com/netscaler/ansible-collection-netscaleradc/compare/2.5.1...2.5.2
 [2.5.1]: https://github.com/netscaler/ansible-collection-netscaleradc/compare/2.5.0...2.5.1
diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
index e14c97d94..7ca197e55 100644
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace: netscaler
 # The name of the collection. Has the same character restrictions as 'namespace'
 name: adc
 # The version of the collection. Must be compatible with semantic versioning
-version: 2.6.0
+version: 2.6.1
 # The path to the Markdown (.md) readme file. This path is relative to the root of the collection
 readme: README.md
 # A list of the collection's content authors. Can be just the name or in the format 'Full Name <email> (url)
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/client.py b/plugins/module_utils/client.py
index 95bdb73ab..f79ad4b1f 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/client.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/client.py
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@
 
 
 class NitroAPIClient(object):
-    def __init__(self, module):
+    def __init__(self, module, resource_name):
         self._module = module
         self.check_mode = module.check_mode  # Dry run mode
         self.api_path = self._module.params.get("api_path")
+        self.resource_name = resource_name
 
         # Prepare the http headers according to module arguments
         self._headers = {}
@@ -46,9 +47,13 @@ def __init__(self, module):
         elif have_userpass:
             self._headers["X-NITRO-USER"] = self._module.params["nitro_user"]
             self._headers["X-NITRO-PASS"] = self._module.params["nitro_pass"]
+        elif self.resource_name in {"login", "change_password"}:
+            # Do not set any authentication headers for the `login` resource
+            pass
         else:
             self._module.fail_json(
-                msg="Either `nitro_auth_token` or `nitro_user/nitro_pass` must be given for authentication"
+                msg="Either `nitro_auth_token` or `nitro_user/nitro_pass` must be given for authentication for the resource %s"
+                % self.resource_name
             )
 
         # Do header manipulation when using NetScaler Console (ADM) as proxy
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/module_executor.py b/plugins/module_utils/module_executor.py
index ffab81ae9..6c3c4eb08 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/module_executor.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/module_executor.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ def __init__(self, resource_name, supports_check_mode=True):
         }:
             self.module.params["api_path"] = "nitro/v2/config"
 
-        self.client = NitroAPIClient(self.module)
+        self.client = NitroAPIClient(self.module, self.resource_name)
         self.ns_major_version, self.ns_minor_version = get_netscaler_version(
             self.client
         )