diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ad2da38434a9f41765a3d41d72ffcb2ba8026408..bc057d393857177d717e51136a900926b39cf7bb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
 # ==============  version definition  ==============
 
-PPDET_VERSION = "2.4.0"
+PPDET_VERSION = "2.6.0"
 
 
 def parse_version():