diff --git a/pelican/__init__.py b/pelican/__init__.py
index 419b40b0..e1636149 100755
--- a/pelican/__init__.py
+++ b/pelican/__init__.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from pelican.settings import read_settings
 from pelican.utils import clean_output_dir, files_changed
 from pelican.writers import Writer
 
-VERSION = "2.5.3"
+VERSION = "2.6.0"
 
 
 class Pelican(object):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 11378737..936a3171 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 import sys
 
-VERSION = "2.5.3" # find a better way to do so.
+VERSION = "2.6.0" # find a better way to do so.
 
 requires = ['feedgenerator', 'jinja2', 'pygments', 'docutils', 'Markdown']
 if sys.version_info < (2,7):