diff --git a/css/css-variables.scss b/css/css-variables.scss
index e980419bf..dfdd9925c 100644
--- a/css/css-variables.scss
+++ b/css/css-variables.scss
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Beware the version number MUST be enclosed with quotes otherwise v2.3.0 becomes v2 0.3 .0
+$version: "v2.6.0-beta";
+
 // Base colors
 $gray-base:              #000 !default;
 $gray-darker:            lighten($gray-base, 13.5%) !default; // #222
@@ -47,6 +50,3 @@ $search-add-criteria-box-hover-color: $gray-extra-light;
 $search-button-box-color: $combodo-orange;
 $search-button-box-bg-color: $white;
 $search-button-box-bg-hover-color: $gray-extra-light;
-
-// Beware the version number MUST be enclosed with quotes otherwise v2.3.0 becomes v2 0.3 .0
-$version: "v2.6.0-dev";
diff --git a/datamodels/2.x/version.xml b/datamodels/2.x/version.xml
index e24f3774d..fa0196785 100755
--- a/datamodels/2.x/version.xml
+++ b/datamodels/2.x/version.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <information>
-  <version>2.5.0</version>
+  <version>2.6.0-beta</version>
 </information>