diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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 Package: poppr
 Type: Package
 Title: Genetic Analysis of Populations with Mixed Reproduction
-Version: 2.5.0.99-75
+Version: 2.6.0
 Date: 2018-01-07
 Authors@R: c(person(c("Zhian", "N."), "Kamvar", role = c("cre", "aut"),
     email = "zkamvar@gmail.com", comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-1458-7108")),
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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-poppr 2.5.0.99
+poppr 2.6.0
 ===========
 
 NEW FUNCTIONS
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
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-# Poppr version 2.5.0
-
-This version incorporates very important bugfixes for my users.
+# Poppr version 2.6.0
 
 ## Test environments
 
-* local OS X install, R 3.4.1
-* ubuntu 12.04 (on travis-ci), devel (2017-09-10 r73226) and R 3.4.1
-* winbuilder R-devel (2017-09-08 r73224)
+* local OS X install, R 3.4.3
+* ubuntu 12.04 (on travis-ci), devel (2018-01-03 r74038) and R 3.4.3
+* winbuilder R-devel (2018-01-07 r74096)
 
 ## R CMD check results