diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 20fa481..88b1c2e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Added
 
-* bkctld: add a [-V|--version] option to display release number
-* bkctld: add a [-h|--help|-?] option to display help message
-
 ### Changed
 
 ### Deprecated
@@ -21,6 +18,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Security
 
+## [2.6.0] - 2020-10-07
+
+### Added
+
+* bkctld: add a [-V|--version] option to display release number
+* bkctld: add a [-h|--help|-?] option to display help message
+
 ## [2.5.1] - 2020-10-07
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/lib/includes b/lib/includes
index 92c2a47..2196e5e 100755
--- a/lib/includes
+++ b/lib/includes
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 [ -f /etc/default/bkctld ] && . /etc/default/bkctld
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
-VERSION="2.5.1"
+VERSION="2.6.0"
 
 LIBDIR=${LIBDIR:-/usr/lib/bkctld}
 CONFDIR="${CONFDIR:-/etc/evobackup}"