diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index a4271d12..8840da13 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 main
 -------
 
+
+v0.2.6
+-------
+
 ## Features
 
 ### More matadata in NetCDF files
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 227f9b5a..472b6da9 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "ClimaDiagnostics"
 uuid = "1ecacbb8-0713-4841-9a07-eb5aa8a2d53f"
 authors = ["Gabriele Bozzola <gbozzola@caltech.edu>"]
-version = "0.2.5"
+version = "0.2.6"
 
 [deps]
 Accessors = "7d9f7c33-5ae7-4f3b-8dc6-eff91059b697"