diff --git a/keras/tools/pip_package/setup.py b/keras/tools/pip_package/setup.py
index 871f8e475250..40666a7cb8a6 100644
--- a/keras/tools/pip_package/setup.py
+++ b/keras/tools/pip_package/setup.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 # This version string is semver compatible, but incompatible with pip.
 # For pip, we will remove all '-' characters from this string, and use the
 # result for pip.
-_VERSION = '2.5.0'
+_VERSION = '2.6.0'
 
 REQUIRED_PACKAGES = [
     # We depend on TensorFlow's declared pip dependencies.