diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9360627..6d581fe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 
 # Seer Change Log
 
+## [2.6beta] - 2025-XX-XX
+* Starting version 2.6 development cycle.
+
 ## [2.5] - 2024-12-24
 * Console now supports a subset of ANSI color codes.
 * Console can be started in these modes:
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c33d247..b74a73a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-seergdb (2.5) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+seergdb (2.6beta) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
-  * Release Seer version 2.5
+  * Release Seer version 2.6beta
 
  -- Ernie Pasveer <epasveer@att.net>  Sat, 28 Dec 2024 22:18:38 +0200
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index bbd4a85..9f558f7 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1.0)
 
-project(seergdb VERSION 2.5 LANGUAGES CXX)
+project(seergdb VERSION 2.6.0 LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 set(PROJECT_NAME seergdb)
 
diff --git a/src/SeerUtl.cpp b/src/SeerUtl.cpp
index a80599d..3be7892 100644
--- a/src/SeerUtl.cpp
+++ b/src/SeerUtl.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 // Increment this with every release on GitHub.
 // See scripts/change_versionnumber
 //
-#define SEER_VERSION "2.5"
+#define SEER_VERSION "2.6beta"
 
 namespace Seer {