diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f82b559..eef75a5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [v2.6.0-SNAPSHOT] - 2022-09-22
+## [v2.6.0] - 2022-09-22
 
  - Fix Bug #23898:  open with email addresse preset is not working anymore 
  - Moved to OpenJDK11 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ac610dc..cfbab93 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	<groupId>org.gcube.portets.user</groupId>
 	<artifactId>messages</artifactId>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
-	<version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.6.0</version>
 	<description>
 		gCube Messages Portlet for exchanging messages with other users.
 	</description>