diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 820ebbf6f..9da8b32b5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # master
 
+# 2.6.0
+
 * Add `config.view_component.preview_route` to set the endpoint for component previews. By default `/rails/view_components` is used.
 
     *Juan Manuel Ramallo*
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 8a9ca3cb8..7d0d3239b 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    view_component (2.5.1)
+    view_component (2.6.0)
       activesupport (>= 5.0.0, < 7.0)
 
 GEM
diff --git a/lib/view_component/version.rb b/lib/view_component/version.rb
index 5d33ec280..d9cd92fc3 100644
--- a/lib/view_component/version.rb
+++ b/lib/view_component/version.rb
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 module ViewComponent
   module VERSION
     MAJOR = 2
-    MINOR = 5
-    PATCH = 1
+    MINOR = 6
+    PATCH = 0
 
     STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, PATCH].join(".")
   end