diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a114ac68a2d80..66d22594377f7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "name": "typescript",
     "author": "Microsoft Corp.",
     "homepage": "http://typescriptlang.org/",
-    "version": "2.5.0",
+    "version": "2.6.0",
     "license": "Apache-2.0",
     "description": "TypeScript is a language for application scale JavaScript development",
     "keywords": [
diff --git a/src/compiler/core.ts b/src/compiler/core.ts
index 728fb433c049b..b55cbb1613306 100644
--- a/src/compiler/core.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/core.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 namespace ts {
     // WARNING: The script `configureNightly.ts` uses a regexp to parse out these values.
     // If changing the text in this section, be sure to test `configureNightly` too.
-    export const versionMajorMinor = "2.5";
+    export const versionMajorMinor = "2.6";
     /** The version of the TypeScript compiler release */
     export const version = `${versionMajorMinor}.0`;
 }
diff --git a/src/services/shims.ts b/src/services/shims.ts
index b7c85d2ce82d4..4bfe35900827e 100644
--- a/src/services/shims.ts
+++ b/src/services/shims.ts
@@ -1222,4 +1222,4 @@ namespace TypeScript.Services {
 // TODO: it should be moved into a namespace though.
 
 /* @internal */
-const toolsVersion = "2.5";
+const toolsVersion = "2.6";