diff --git a/PopPUNK/__init__.py b/PopPUNK/__init__.py
index 7886b205..34bca61d 100644
--- a/PopPUNK/__init__.py
+++ b/PopPUNK/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 '''PopPUNK (POPulation Partitioning Using Nucleotide Kmers)'''
 
-__version__ = '2.6.2'
+__version__ = '2.6.3'
 
 # Minimum sketchlib version
 SKETCHLIB_MAJOR = 2
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 4ac7043b..e33235ea 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '2.6.1'
+version = '2.6.2'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '2.6.1'
+release = '2.6.2'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.