diff --git a/es-app/src/EmulationStation.h b/es-app/src/EmulationStation.h
index 117385689..117ed197c 100644
--- a/es-app/src/EmulationStation.h
+++ b/es-app/src/EmulationStation.h
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 // These numbers and strings need to be manually updated for a new version.
 // Do this version number update as the very last commit for the new release version.
 #define PROGRAM_VERSION_MAJOR       2
-#define PROGRAM_VERSION_MINOR        5
-#define PROGRAM_VERSION_MAINTENANCE  2
-#define PROGRAM_VERSION_STRING "2.5.2rp"
+#define PROGRAM_VERSION_MINOR        6
+#define PROGRAM_VERSION_MAINTENANCE  0
+#define PROGRAM_VERSION_STRING "2.6.0rp"
 
 #define PROGRAM_BUILT_STRING __DATE__ " - " __TIME__
 
-#define RESOURCE_VERSION_STRING "2,5,2\0"
+#define RESOURCE_VERSION_STRING "2,6,0\0"
 #define RESOURCE_VERSION PROGRAM_VERSION_MAJOR,PROGRAM_VERSION_MINOR,PROGRAM_VERSION_MAINTENANCE