diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3365e57..34ed5bf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION = 2.6rc
+VERSION = 2.6
 PACKAGE = yubikey-val
 CODE = COPYING Makefile NEWS ykval-checksum-clients.php			\
 	ykval-common.php ykval-config.php ykval-db.php ykval-db.sql	\
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 67f2e72..e841ea0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-* Version 2.6 unreleased
+* Version 2.6 released 2010-08-02
 
   * Don't use rowCount in ykval-revoke, there seems to be some problem
     with the rowCount function.