diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 75e53e2..93514df 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "restructuredpython"
-version = "2.5.1.post0"
+version = "2.6.0"
 requires-python = ">= 3.10"
 description = "A superset of Python with many new features, including full JS integration, multiline comments, header files, and optional curly brackets around control statements"
 authors = [{name = "Rihaan Meher", email = "meherrihaan@gmail.com"}]
diff --git a/restructuredpython/restructuredpython.py b/restructuredpython/restructuredpython.py
index 0c8da26..d564625 100644
--- a/restructuredpython/restructuredpython.py
+++ b/restructuredpython/restructuredpython.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 from .tempload import *
 from textformat import *
 
-__version__ = "2.5.1"
+__version__ = "2.6.0"
 
 
 def compile_header_file(header_filename, mode="classic"):