diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 92324c8..8bd3ced 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+commit-patch (2.6.2)
+
+  * Small changes to help debian packaging.
+
+ -- David Caldwell <david@porkrind.org>  Mon, 06 Sep 2021 12:19:25 -0700
+
 commit-patch (2.6.1)
 
   * Fixed a bug in `commit-patch-buffer` that caused `vc-annotate` to be
diff --git a/commit-patch b/commit-patch
index 2861a32..a086ef5 100755
--- a/commit-patch
+++ b/commit-patch
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #                   and Jim Radford <radford@bleackbean.org>
 # This code can be distributed under the terms of the GNU Public License (Version 2 or greater).
 
-my $VERSION = '2.6.1';
+my $VERSION = '2.6.2';
 my $FALLBACK_EDITOR = 'vi';
 
 use strict;
diff --git a/commit-patch-buffer.el b/commit-patch-buffer.el
index e5470d9..c856242 100644
--- a/commit-patch-buffer.el
+++ b/commit-patch-buffer.el
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 ;;                 and David Caldwell <david@porkrind.org>
 ;; This code can be distributed under the terms of the GNU Public License (Version 2 or greater).
 ;;
-;; Version: 2.5
+;; Version: 2.6.2
 ;;
 ;; Author: Jim Radford <radford@blackbean.org>
 ;;         David Caldwell <david@porkrind.org>