diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f43e6e9..9e3f89df 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ include(GNUInstallDirs)
# setup version numbers
set(VERSION_MAJOR 2)
-set(VERSION_MINOR 5)
-set(VERSION_PATCH 1)
+set(VERSION_MINOR 6)
+set(VERSION_PATCH 0)
# add an option for choosing the build type (shared or static)
if(NOT (SFML_OS_IOS OR SFML_OS_ANDROID))
diff --git a/cmake/SFMLConfig.cmake.in b/cmake/SFMLConfig.cmake.in
index 86527b73..30194c5f 100644
--- a/cmake/SFMLConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/SFMLConfig.cmake.in
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
# example:
# find_package(SFML COMPONENTS ...) # no specific version required
# find_package(SFML 2 COMPONENTS ...) # any 2.x version
-# find_package(SFML 2.4 COMPONENTS ...) # version 2.4 or greater
+# find_package(SFML 2.6 COMPONENTS ...) # version 2.6 or greater
#
# By default, the dynamic libraries of SFML will be found. To find the static ones instead,
# you must set the SFML_STATIC_LIBRARIES variable to TRUE before calling find_package(SFML ...).
diff --git a/examples/assets/info.plist b/examples/assets/info.plist
index 910ff4c2..f8c7c544 100644
--- a/examples/assets/info.plist
+++ b/examples/assets/info.plist
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion
6.0
CFBundleLongVersionString
- 2.5.1
+ 2.6.0
CFBundleName
$(EXECUTABLE_NAME)
CFBundlePackageType
diff --git a/include/SFML/Config.hpp b/include/SFML/Config.hpp
index ce7fe377..f4ea4ef3 100644
--- a/include/SFML/Config.hpp
+++ b/include/SFML/Config.hpp
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
// Define the SFML version
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
#define SFML_VERSION_MAJOR 2
-#define SFML_VERSION_MINOR 5
-#define SFML_VERSION_PATCH 1
+#define SFML_VERSION_MINOR 6
+#define SFML_VERSION_PATCH 0
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////