diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 1b9e639856..2c99af19e5 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 OpenLDAP 2.6 Change Log
 
-OpenLDAP 2.6.0 Engineering
-
+OpenLDAP 2.6.0 Release (2021/10/25)
+	Initial release for "general use".
diff --git a/build/version.var b/build/version.var
index 1893a72aef..7a4f9c4200 100644
--- a/build/version.var
+++ b/build/version.var
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 ol_package=OpenLDAP
 ol_major=2
 ol_minor=6
-ol_patch=X
+ol_patch=0
 ol_api_inc=20600
 ol_api_current=2
 ol_api_revision=200
 ol_api_age=0
-ol_release_date="0000/00/00"
+ol_release_date="2021/10/25"