diff --git a/src/Humanizer.sln b/src/Humanizer.sln
index 0649153fd..524773fff 100644
--- a/src/Humanizer.sln
+++ b/src/Humanizer.sln
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Solution Items", "Solution
 		..\LICENSE = ..\LICENSE
 		..\readme.md = ..\readme.md
 		..\release_notes.md = ..\release_notes.md
+		..\version.json = ..\version.json
 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
 Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Build", "Build", "{97AAE24D-0488-42AE-A585-86D882F23D5F}"
diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
index be15d5463..c5578c950 100644
--- a/version.json
+++ b/version.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "2.5",
+  "version": "2.6",
   "publicReleaseRefSpec": [
     "^refs/heads/master$", // we release out of master
     "^refs/heads/rel/v\\d+\\.\\d+" // we also release branches starting with rel/vN.N