diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 534acf1c4f32607530f14572b81e59cb09b9f7f9..00de568e586038893e99e67e56a50339528f1c45 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ This document contains the ``fslpy`` release history in reverse chronological
 order.
 
 
-2.6.0 (Under development)
--------------------------
+2.6.0 (Tuesday 10th September 2019)
+-----------------------------------
 
 
 Added
diff --git a/fsl/version.py b/fsl/version.py
index b508823918a339e17b7d9ea494c4bfc9ab06ea7a..1c96c456b762fbbc7d194ba3ed98b8a6b42b8a59 100644
--- a/fsl/version.py
+++ b/fsl/version.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ import            re
 import            string
 
 
-__version__ = '2.6.0.dev0'
+__version__ = '2.7.0.dev0'
 """Current version number, as a string. """