diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index dc88ae80..b71dc3e5 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CHANGES FROM 2.5 TO 2.6-rc3, 11 September 2017
+CHANGES FROM 2.5 TO 2.6, 05 October 2017
 
 * Add select-pane -T to set pane title.
 
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ Normal Changes
 * Copy mode is exited if the history is cleared whilst in copy-mode.
 * 'copy-mode' learned '-e' to exit copy-mode when scrolling to end.
 
-CHANGES FROM 1.9a TO 2.0, 6 March 2015
+CHANGES FROM 1.9a TO 2.0, 06 March 2015
 
 Incompatible Changes
 ====================
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index dcbe4a18..ca89e2da 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # configure.ac
 
-AC_INIT(tmux, 2.6-rc3)
+AC_INIT(tmux, 2.6)
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
 
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(etc)