diff --git a/ci_build/azure_pipelines/onnxruntime_nightly_test.yml b/ci_build/azure_pipelines/onnxruntime_nightly_test.yml
index 06b2de99e..9cd22c115 100644
--- a/ci_build/azure_pipelines/onnxruntime_nightly_test.yml
+++ b/ci_build/azure_pipelines/onnxruntime_nightly_test.yml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ stages:
       parameters:
         platforms: ['linux']
         python_versions: ['3.9']
-        tf_versions: ['2.6.0']
+        tf_versions: ['2.6.1']
         onnx_opsets: ['']
         onnx_backends: {onnxruntime: ['nightly']}
         job:
diff --git a/ci_build/azure_pipelines/pretrained_model_test-matrix.yml b/ci_build/azure_pipelines/pretrained_model_test-matrix.yml
index 17740bd87..9c3cc3cbd 100755
--- a/ci_build/azure_pipelines/pretrained_model_test-matrix.yml
+++ b/ci_build/azure_pipelines/pretrained_model_test-matrix.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
   parameters:
     platforms: ['linux', 'windows']
     python_versions: ['3.9']
-    tf_versions: ['2.6.0']
+    tf_versions: ['2.6.1']
     job:
       steps:
       - template: 'pretrained_model_test.yml'
diff --git a/ci_build/azure_pipelines/pretrained_model_test.yml b/ci_build/azure_pipelines/pretrained_model_test.yml
index d8e356a3c..0c552b8f8 100644
--- a/ci_build/azure_pipelines/pretrained_model_test.yml
+++ b/ci_build/azure_pipelines/pretrained_model_test.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
 - template: 'templates/job_generator.yml'
   parameters:
     python_versions: ['3.7']
-    tf_versions: ['1.15.5','2.6.0']
+    tf_versions: ['1.15.5','2.6.1']
     job:
       steps:
       - template: 'pretrained_model_test.yml'
diff --git a/ci_build/azure_pipelines/unit_test-matrix.yml b/ci_build/azure_pipelines/unit_test-matrix.yml
index 1b300562a..d8e138178 100644
--- a/ci_build/azure_pipelines/unit_test-matrix.yml
+++ b/ci_build/azure_pipelines/unit_test-matrix.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ stages:
       parameters:
         platforms: ['linux', 'windows']
         python_versions: ['3.8']
-        tf_versions: ['2.6.0']
+        tf_versions: ['2.6.1']
         onnx_opsets: ['']
         job:
           steps:
diff --git a/ci_build/azure_pipelines/unit_test.yml b/ci_build/azure_pipelines/unit_test.yml
index 662eb3ed2..3faba5d4e 100644
--- a/ci_build/azure_pipelines/unit_test.yml
+++ b/ci_build/azure_pipelines/unit_test.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ stages:
       parameters:
         # TFJS tf 2.6
         python_versions: ['3.9']
-        tf_versions: ['2.6.0']
+        tf_versions: ['2.6.1']
         onnx_opsets: ['']
         skip_tfjs_tests: 'False'
         skip_tf_tests: 'True'
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stages:
       parameters:
         # TFLite tf 2.6
         python_versions: ['3.8']
-        tf_versions: ['2.6.0']
+        tf_versions: ['2.6.1']
         onnx_opsets: ['']
         skip_tflite_tests: 'False'
         skip_tf_tests: 'True'
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stages:
       parameters:
         # tf 2.6
         python_versions: ['3.8']
-        tf_versions: ['2.6.0']
+        tf_versions: ['2.6.1']
         onnx_opsets: ['']
         job:
           steps:
diff --git a/tests/test_backend.py b/tests/test_backend.py
index 512350be2..1fd7d3ce6 100644
--- a/tests/test_backend.py
+++ b/tests/test_backend.py
@@ -2681,6 +2681,7 @@ def func(x, y, z):
         self._run_test_case(func, [_OUTPUT], {_INPUT: x_val, _INPUT1: y_val, _INPUT2: z_val})
 
     @check_opset_min_version(10, "Slice")
+    @skip_tfjs("TFJS executes model incorrectly")
     def test_new_axis_mask(self):
         def func(x, y):
             x_ = x[tf.newaxis, 0:y, y::2, tf.newaxis, :, tf.newaxis, :y, tf.newaxis, ..., 9]