diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 35507d0b5..4b233c364 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-2.2.6 (2014-XX-YY)
+2.2.6 (2014-07-02)
 ------------------
 
 New features
diff --git a/Version b/Version
index 4c9634b2e..01f882667 100644
--- a/Version
+++ b/Version
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 
 MAJOR_VERSION=2
 MINOR_VERSION=2
-SUBMINOR_VERSION=5
+SUBMINOR_VERSION=6