diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index aa05d6c..3f6cc27 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 repos:
 - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-  rev: v5.0.0
+  rev: v6.0.0
   hooks:
     - id: check-ast
     - id: check-builtin-literals
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ repos:
     - tomli
 
 - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-  rev: 25.1.0
+  rev: 25.9.0
   hooks:
   - id: black
     exclude: "_vendored/conv_template.py"
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ repos:
     args: ["-i"]
 
 - repo: https://github.com/MarcoGorelli/cython-lint
-  rev: v0.16.6
+  rev: v0.17.0
   hooks:
   - id: cython-lint
   - id: double-quote-cython-strings
 
 - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
-  rev: 7.1.2
+  rev: 7.3.0
   hooks:
   - id: flake8
     args: ["--config=.flake8"]
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ repos:
       - flake8-bugbear==24.4.26
 
 - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/isort
-  rev: 6.0.1
+  rev: 6.1.0
   hooks:
   - id: isort
     name: isort (python)
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ repos:
     types: [pyi]
 
 - repo: https://github.com/macisamuele/language-formatters-pre-commit-hooks
-  rev: v2.14.0
+  rev: v2.15.0
   hooks:
   - id: pretty-format-toml
     args: [--autofix]
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fbddb2c..155c6c1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [dev] (MM/DD/YYYY)
+## [2.6.0] (10/06/2025)
 
 ### Added
 * Enabled support of Python 3.14 [gh-100](https://github.com/IntelPython/mkl-service/pull/100)
 
+### Changed
+* Used `GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG` and `GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER` in `meta.yaml` instead of manual stepping the numbers [gh-98](github.com/IntelPython/mkl-service/pull/98)
+
 ## [2.5.2] (07/01/2025)
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/mkl/_version.py b/mkl/_version.py
index df6063c..e5e59e3 100644
--- a/mkl/_version.py
+++ b/mkl/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "2.6.0dev0"
+__version__ = "2.6.0"