diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ca258d6f48892b3ce3f4295a120eaca5d14c2f8d..1ae83fb97e62c241cd998076e7da8778c286f1e7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2.6.2
+This is a maintenance release which only brings libraries up to date to fix
+potential bugs.
+
 ## 2.5.8
 This is a maintenance release which only brings libraries up to date to fix
 potential bugs.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index de5244dbdc553a653a44e789041aac93be362dac..1ce4cdab974e6fb48adf09dbaef57debaa835e86 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>de.thm.arsnova</groupId>
 	<artifactId>arsnova-backend</artifactId>
-	<version>2.6.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.6.2</version>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
 
 	<properties>