diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8dbe6ada..5c7f1037 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 
+2.6.0 / 2016-12-28
+==================
+
+  * Fix: added better null pointer checks for browser useColors (@thebigredgeek)
+  * Improvement: removed explicit `window.debug` export (#404, @tootallnate)
+  * Improvement: deprecated `DEBUG_FD` environment variable (#405, @tootallnate)
+
 2.5.2 / 2016-12-25
 ==================
 
diff --git a/component.json b/component.json
index 0d2e04e1..128e3b89 100644
--- a/component.json
+++ b/component.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "debug",
   "repo": "visionmedia/debug",
   "description": "small debugging utility",
-  "version": "2.5.2",
+  "version": "2.6.0",
   "keywords": [
     "debug",
     "log",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9f944229..9415f7d1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "debug",
-  "version": "2.5.2",
+  "version": "2.6.0",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git://github.com/visionmedia/debug.git"