diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index df121fa14..8653d4979 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
       version:
         description: "Release version"
         required: true
-        default: "0.2.5-SNAPSHOT"
+        default: "0.2.6-SNAPSHOT"
 
 jobs:
   release:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index a785614b9..aafec320f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   * new API: ClickHouseRowBinaryStream.writeUInt64Array(UnsignedLong[])
   * support column comments
   * support explain queries
+  * fix keep-alive timeout issue by reusing validated connection
   * fix ResultSet.findColumn(String) issue
   * fix the issue of not being able to use NULL constant in PreparedStatement
   * fix toLowerCase issue for Turkish
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9d25947c8..870ff57eb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ It has support of a minimal subset of features to be usable.
 <dependency>
     <groupId>ru.yandex.clickhouse</groupId>
     <artifactId>clickhouse-jdbc</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.5</version>
+    <version>0.2.6</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7ad1be16a..91c88ef6e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     </developers>
 
     <properties>
-        <revision>0.2.5</revision>
+        <revision>0.2.6</revision>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.30</slf4j.version>
         <project.current.year>2021</project.current.year>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>