diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 918555ba..3e6dc08b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 Changelog for package laser_geometry
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Forthcoming
------------
+2.6.0 (2023-04-28)
+------------------
 
 2.5.0 (2023-02-14)
 ------------------
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index 850e2a4f..cfc712a6 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
 <package format="2">
   <name>laser_geometry</name>
-  <version>2.5.0</version>
+  <version>2.6.0</version>
   <description>
     This package contains a class for converting from a 2D laser scan as defined by
     sensor_msgs/LaserScan into a point cloud as defined by sensor_msgs/PointCloud