diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 380c1bc..13c3004 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## RENEE development version
+## RENEE 2.6.0
 
 ### New features
 
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index a1e1171..bfd8d0e 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ identifiers:
   - description: Archived snapshots of all versions
     type: doi
     value: 10.5281/zenodo.10553198
-version: v2.5.12
-date-released: "2024-04-12"
+version: v2.6.0
+date-released: "2024-09-09"
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 4fa1b37..e70b452 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.5.12-dev
+2.6.0