diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 1a00657a..a2fac494 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Changelog
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to `Semantic Versioning <https://semver.org/>`__.
 
-`Unreleased <https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/compare/2.5.0...HEAD>`__
+`Unreleased <https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/compare/2.6.0...HEAD>`__
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 Changed
@@ -13,7 +13,23 @@ Changed
 Fixed
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+Added
+~~~~~
+
+`v2.6.0 <https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/compare/2.5.0...2.6.0>`__
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Changed
+~~~~~~~
+
+- bump up cryptography >= 3.4.0 by @jpadilla in `#807 <https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/pull/807>`_
+- Remove `types-cryptography` from `crypto` extra by @lautat in `#805 <https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/pull/805>`_
+
+Fixed
+~~~~~
+
 - Invalidate token on the exact second the token expires `#797 <https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/pull/797>`_
+- fix: version 2.5.0 heading typo by @c0state in `#803 <https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/pull/803>`_
 
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diff --git a/jwt/__init__.py b/jwt/__init__.py
index 9f9eda9a..26c79b24 100644
--- a/jwt/__init__.py
+++ b/jwt/__init__.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 )
 from .jwks_client import PyJWKClient
 
-__version__ = "2.5.0"
+__version__ = "2.6.0"
 
 __title__ = "PyJWT"
 __description__ = "JSON Web Token implementation in Python"