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diff --git a/asciidoc/release-notes.adoc b/asciidoc/release-notes.adoc
index 08fc2b7..9145380 100644
--- a/asciidoc/release-notes.adoc
+++ b/asciidoc/release-notes.adoc
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 = Ivy Release Announcement
 
-4th November 2022 - The Apache Ivy project is pleased to announce its 2.5.1 release.
+XXXX Date XXXX - The Apache Ivy project is pleased to announce its 2.6.0 release.
 
 == What is Ivy?
 Apache Ivy is a tool for managing (recording, tracking, resolving and reporting) project dependencies, characterized by flexibility,
@@ -34,29 +34,14 @@
 
 == Key features in this release
 
-Key features of this 2.5.1 release are:
-
-    * Ivy now requires a minimum of Java 8 runtime.
-    * Fixes two Security Vulnerabilities, see link:https://ant.apache.org/ivy/security.html[the scurity page] for details.
+Key features of this 2.6.0 release are:
 
 
 == List of Changes in this Release
 
 For details about the following changes, check our JIRA install at link:https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IVY[]
 
-*List of changes since Ivy 2.5.0:*
-
-- BREAKING: Removed old fr\jayasoft\ivy\ant\antlib.xml AntLib definition file (jira:IVY-1612[])
-- FIX: ResolveEngine resets dictator resolver to null in the global configuration (jira:IVY-1618[])
-- FIX: ConcurrentModificationException in MessageLoggerHelper.sumupProblems (jira:IVY-1628[])
-- FIX: useOrigin="true" fails with file-based ibiblio (jira:IVY-1616[])
-- FIX: ivy:retrieve Ant task didn't create an empty fileset when no files were retrieved to a non-empty directory (jira:IVY-1631[])
-- FIX: ivy:retrieve Ant task relied on the default HTTP header "Accept" which caused problems with servers that interpret it strictly (e.g. AWS CodeArtifact) (jira:IVY-1632[])
-
-- IMPROVEMENT: Ivy command now accepts a URL for the -settings option (jira:IVY-1615[])
-- FIX: CVE-2022-37865 allow create/overwrite any file on the system (see link:https://ant.apache.org/ivy/security.html[])
-- FIX: CVE-2022-37866 Path traversal in patterns (see link:https://ant.apache.org/ivy/security.html[])
-
+*List of changes since Ivy 2.5.1:*
 
 ////
  Samples :
diff --git a/ivy.xml b/ivy.xml
index 47a2157..c3dac27 100644
--- a/ivy.xml
+++ b/ivy.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
             xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://ant.apache.org/ivy/schemas/ivy.xsd">
     <info organisation="org.apache.ivy"
            module="ivy"
-           status="release">
+           status="integration">
         <description homepage="http://ant.apache.org/ivy/">
         Apache Ivy is a tool for managing (recording, tracking, resolving and reporting) project dependencies.
         </description>
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index 2c8809a..02c7715 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@
 #	 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #	 * under the License.
 #	 ***************************************************************
-target.ivy.version=2.5.1
+target.ivy.version=2.6.0
 # Following OSGi spec: have to be 3 numbers separated by dots
-target.ivy.bundle.version=2.5.1
+target.ivy.bundle.version=2.6.0
 # in case we want to add a qualifier such as alpha, beta, etc...
 # if non empty, add a '_' at the end of the qualifier, so the version would look like 1.2.3.alpha_200901011200
 # NB: be careful with naming, OSGi orders version alphabetically. Suggested values: alpha_, beta_, cr1_ (for RC-1), final_
-target.ivy.bundle.version.qualifier=final_
+target.ivy.bundle.version.qualifier=alpha_
 
 
 # Versions of dependencies