diff --git a/emmett/__version__.py b/emmett/__version__.py
index e5e59e38..fab833f3 100644
--- a/emmett/__version__.py
+++ b/emmett/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "2.6.0"
+__version__ = "2.6.1"
diff --git a/emmett/forms.py b/emmett/forms.py
index fd0b87aa..bc0edb0e 100644
--- a/emmett/forms.py
+++ b/emmett/forms.py
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ async def _process(self, **kwargs):
                             self.params[field.name] = self.record[field.name]
                     continue
                 else:
-                    source_file, original_filename = upload.stream, upload.filename
+                    source_file, original_filename = upload, upload.filename
                 newfilename = field.store(source_file, original_filename, field.uploadfolder)
                 if isinstance(field.uploadfield, str):
                     self.params[field.uploadfield] = source_file.read()
diff --git a/emmett/routing/response.py b/emmett/routing/response.py
index 2b6d1407..a1c23cd8 100644
--- a/emmett/routing/response.py
+++ b/emmett/routing/response.py
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ def process(self, output: Any, response) -> str:
                 return self.route.app.templater.render(self.route.template, output)
             except TemplateMissingError as exc:
                 raise HTTPStringResponse(404, body="{}\n".format(exc.message), cookies=response.cookies)
-        elif isinstance(output, str):
-            return output
-        elif isinstance(output, HTTPResponse):
+        if isinstance(output, str):
             return output
         return str(output)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9be56797..f63d9aff 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "emmett"
-version = "2.6.0"
+version = "2.6.1"
 description = "The web framework for inventors"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ classifiers = [
 
 dependencies = [
     "click>=6.0",
-    "emmett-core[granian,rapidjson]~=1.0.1",
+    "emmett-core[granian,rapidjson]~=1.0.2",
     "emmett-pydal==17.3.1",
     "pendulum~=3.0.0",
     "pyyaml~=6.0",