diff --git a/library.properties b/library.properties
index fa2bb363d..7ab62ce5c 100644
--- a/library.properties
+++ b/library.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name=ArduinoIoTCloud
-version=2.6.0
+version=2.6.1
 author=Arduino
 maintainer=Arduino <info@arduino.cc>
 sentence=This library allows connecting to the Arduino IoT Cloud service.
diff --git a/src/AIoTC_Config.h b/src/AIoTC_Config.h
index b02d3d7b9..a25b81080 100644
--- a/src/AIoTC_Config.h
+++ b/src/AIoTC_Config.h
@@ -185,6 +185,6 @@
   #define AIOT_CONFIG_LASTVALUES_SYNC_MAX_RETRY_CNT                  (10UL)
 #endif
 
-#define AIOT_CONFIG_LIB_VERSION "2.6.0"
+#define AIOT_CONFIG_LIB_VERSION "2.6.1"
 
 #endif /* ARDUINO_AIOTC_CONFIG_H_ */
diff --git a/src/ArduinoIoTCloudTCP.cpp b/src/ArduinoIoTCloudTCP.cpp
index f39e6ce9b..9de9d301a 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoIoTCloudTCP.cpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoIoTCloudTCP.cpp
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ void ArduinoIoTCloudTCP::update()
    * the mqttClient. The state can be reached only after the mqttClient is connected to
    * the broker.
    */
-  if(_state <= State::Init){
+  if(_state <= State::ConnectPhy){
     return;
   }
 
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ void ArduinoIoTCloudTCP::update()
 
 int ArduinoIoTCloudTCP::connected()
 {
-  if (_state <= State::Init) {
+  if (_state <= State::ConnectPhy) {
     return 0;
   }
   return _mqttClient.connected();
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ void ArduinoIoTCloudTCP::printDebugInfo()
 }
 
 void ArduinoIoTCloudTCP::disconnect() {
-  if (_state == State::ConfigPhy || _state == State::Init) {
+  if (_state <= State::ConnectPhy) {
     return;
   }