diff --git a/src-ui/src/environments/environment.prod.ts b/src-ui/src/environments/environment.prod.ts
index fe36c9254..59a2548fb 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/environments/environment.prod.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/environments/environment.prod.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export const environment = {
   apiBaseUrl: document.baseURI + 'api/',
   apiVersion: '5',
   appTitle: 'Paperless-ngx',
-  version: '2.5.4-dev',
+  version: '2.6.0',
   webSocketHost: window.location.host,
   webSocketProtocol: window.location.protocol == 'https:' ? 'wss:' : 'ws:',
   webSocketBaseUrl: base_url.pathname + 'ws/',
diff --git a/src/paperless/version.py b/src/paperless/version.py
index 112af59c6..5f6635f41 100644
--- a/src/paperless/version.py
+++ b/src/paperless/version.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from typing import Final
 
-__version__: Final[tuple[int, int, int]] = (2, 5, 4)
+__version__: Final[tuple[int, int, int]] = (2, 6, 0)
 # Version string like X.Y.Z
 __full_version_str__: Final[str] = ".".join(map(str, __version__))
 # Version string like X.Y