diff --git a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
index 440119f..3501b66 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% set version = "2.5.1" %}
+{% set version = "2.6.0dev0" %}
 {% set buildnumber = 0 %}
 
 package:
diff --git a/mkl/_version.py b/mkl/_version.py
index 7a2056f..df6063c 100644
--- a/mkl/_version.py
+++ b/mkl/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "2.5.1"
+__version__ = "2.6.0dev0"