diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0e267a8d..958c25cd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12.4)
 
 project(argparse
-        VERSION 2.5.0 
+        VERSION 2.6.0 
         DESCRIPTION "A single header argument parser for C++17"
         HOMEPAGE_URL "https://github.com/p-ranav/argparse"
         LANGUAGES CXX
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c5722642..0399d5a9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <a href="https://github.com/p-ranav/argparse/blob/master/LICENSE">
     <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg" alt="license"/>
   </a>
-  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/version-2.5-blue.svg?cacheSeconds=2592000" alt="version"/>
+  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/version-2.6-blue.svg?cacheSeconds=2592000" alt="version"/>
 </p>
 
 ## Highlights
diff --git a/conanfile.py b/conanfile.py
index 4043e0b8..1aa76fe9 100644
--- a/conanfile.py
+++ b/conanfile.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 class ArgparseConan(ConanFile):
     name = "argparse"
-    version = "2.5"
+    version = "2.6"
     exports_sources = "include/argparse.hpp"
     no_copy_source = True