diff --git a/release_notes.md b/release_notes.md
index 118057bf2..7fdab6571 100644
--- a/release_notes.md
+++ b/release_notes.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-## Release Notes 2.5
-### Release Notes 2.5.2 2021-12-01
+## Release Notes 2.6 
+### Release Notes 2.6.0 2021-12-08
+- New ReportSnapshot class
+- DLC QC plots, as part of EphysPostDLC task
+- BadChannelsAP plots for ephys QC
 - Fix typo in camera extractor
+
+## Release Notes 2.5
 ### Release Notes 2.5.1 2021-11-25
 - SpikeSorting task overwrites old tar file on rerun
 ### Release Notes 2.5.0 2021-11-24
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 502a290a5..e43e60736 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='ibllib',
-    version='2.5.1',
+    version='2.6.0',
     python_requires='>={}.{}'.format(*REQUIRED_PYTHON),
     description='IBL libraries',
     license="MIT",