diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6895d53..cf9c19e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changes
 
-* 2.6.next in progress
+* 2.6.1243 -- 2024-12-13
   * Address [#558](https://github.com/seancorfield/honeysql/issues/558) by adding `:patch-into` (and `patch-into` helper) for XTDB (but in core).
   * Address [#556](https://github.com/seancorfield/honeysql/issues/556) by adding an XTDB section to the documentation with examples.
   * Address [#555](https://github.com/seancorfield/honeysql/issues/555) by supporting `SETTING` clause for XTDB.
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
   * Address [#524](https://github.com/seancorfield/honeysql/issues/524) by adding example of `{:nest ..}` in `:union` clause reference docs.
   * Address [#523](https://github.com/seancorfield/honeysql/issues/523) by expanding examples in README **Functions** to show aliases.
   * Address [#522](https://github.com/seancorfield/honeysql/issues/522) by supporting metadata on table specifications in `:from` and `:join` clauses to provide index hints (SQL Server).
-  * ~Address [#521](https://github.com/seancorfield/honeysql/issues/521) by adding initial experimental support for an XTDB dialect.~ _[This was removed in 2.6.next since XTDB no longer supports qualified column names]_
+  * ~Address [#521](https://github.com/seancorfield/honeysql/issues/521) by adding initial experimental support for an XTDB dialect.~ _[This was removed in 2.6.1243 since XTDB no longer supports qualified column names]_
   * Address [#520](https://github.com/seancorfield/honeysql/issues/520) by expanding how `:inline` works, to support a sequence of arguments.
   * Fix [#518](https://github.com/seancorfield/honeysql/issues/518) by moving temporal clause before alias.
   * Address [#495](https://github.com/seancorfield/honeysql/issues/495) by adding `formatv` macro (`.clj` only!) -- and removing the experimental `formatf` function (added for discussion in 2.4.1045).
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 07f2939..ce01cd9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ SQL as Clojure data structures. Build queries programmatically -- even at runtim
 
 ## Build
 
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+[![cljdoc](https://cljdoc.org/badge/com.github.seancorfield/honeysql?2.6.1243)](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.github.seancorfield/honeysql/CURRENT)
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diff --git a/doc/differences-from-1-x.md b/doc/differences-from-1-x.md
index 98b0255..0787c07 100644
--- a/doc/differences-from-1-x.md
+++ b/doc/differences-from-1-x.md
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Supported Clojure versions: 1.7 and later.
 In `deps.edn`:
 <!-- :test-doc-blocks/skip -->
 ```clojure
-com.github.seancorfield/honeysql {:mvn/version "2.6.1230"}
+com.github.seancorfield/honeysql {:mvn/version "2.6.1243"}
 ```
 
 Required as:
diff --git a/doc/getting-started.md b/doc/getting-started.md
index 5d8e901..76e1556 100644
--- a/doc/getting-started.md
+++ b/doc/getting-started.md
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ For the Clojure CLI, add the following dependency to your `deps.edn` file:
 
 <!-- :test-doc-blocks/skip -->
 ```clojure
-    com.github.seancorfield/honeysql {:mvn/version "2.6.1230"}
+    com.github.seancorfield/honeysql {:mvn/version "2.6.1243"}
 ```
 
 For Leiningen, add the following dependency to your `project.clj` file:
 
 <!-- :test-doc-blocks/skip -->
 ```clojure
-    [com.github.seancorfield/honeysql "2.6.1230"]
+    [com.github.seancorfield/honeysql "2.6.1243"]
 ```
 
 HoneySQL produces SQL statements but does not execute them.