diff --git a/applications/common/pom.xml b/applications/common/pom.xml
index 0f21194..7d85c13 100644
--- a/applications/common/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/common/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onap.policy.xacml-pdp.applications</groupId>
         <artifactId>applications</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>common</artifactId>
diff --git a/applications/guard/pom.xml b/applications/guard/pom.xml
index bba35e3..86a2e3a 100644
--- a/applications/guard/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/guard/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onap.policy.xacml-pdp.applications</groupId>
         <artifactId>applications</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>xacml-guard</artifactId>
diff --git a/applications/match/pom.xml b/applications/match/pom.xml
index e9dba66..412ac16 100644
--- a/applications/match/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/match/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onap.policy.xacml-pdp.applications</groupId>
         <artifactId>applications</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>xacml-match</artifactId>
diff --git a/applications/monitoring/pom.xml b/applications/monitoring/pom.xml
index bcbc76e..05ed7db 100644
--- a/applications/monitoring/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/monitoring/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onap.policy.xacml-pdp.applications</groupId>
         <artifactId>applications</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>xacml-monitoring</artifactId>
diff --git a/applications/naming/pom.xml b/applications/naming/pom.xml
index ccfb0ee..5ba61fe 100644
--- a/applications/naming/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/naming/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onap.policy.xacml-pdp.applications</groupId>
         <artifactId>applications</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>xacml-naming</artifactId>
diff --git a/applications/native/pom.xml b/applications/native/pom.xml
index 9d230d7..c17e6b6 100644
--- a/applications/native/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/native/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.onap.policy.xacml-pdp.applications</groupId>
     <artifactId>applications</artifactId>
-    <version>2.5.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>xacml-native</artifactId>
diff --git a/applications/optimization/pom.xml b/applications/optimization/pom.xml
index 14ebe20..7aa175f 100644
--- a/applications/optimization/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/optimization/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onap.policy.xacml-pdp.applications</groupId>
         <artifactId>applications</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>xacml-optimization</artifactId>
diff --git a/applications/pom.xml b/applications/pom.xml
index cfb8252..f71e544 100644
--- a/applications/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.onap.policy.xacml-pdp</groupId>
     <artifactId>policy-xacml-pdp</artifactId>
-    <version>2.5.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.onap.policy.xacml-pdp.applications</groupId>
diff --git a/main/pom.xml b/main/pom.xml
index dd09e30..4f68541 100644
--- a/main/pom.xml
+++ b/main/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onap.policy.xacml-pdp</groupId>
         <artifactId>policy-xacml-pdp</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>xacml-main</artifactId>
diff --git a/packages/policy-xacmlpdp-docker/pom.xml b/packages/policy-xacmlpdp-docker/pom.xml
index c2ae539..660938e 100644
--- a/packages/policy-xacmlpdp-docker/pom.xml
+++ b/packages/policy-xacmlpdp-docker/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onap.policy.xacml-pdp</groupId>
         <artifactId>xacml-packages</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
diff --git a/packages/policy-xacmlpdp-tarball/pom.xml b/packages/policy-xacmlpdp-tarball/pom.xml
index ec50cb5..1c5d6d8 100644
--- a/packages/policy-xacmlpdp-tarball/pom.xml
+++ b/packages/policy-xacmlpdp-tarball/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onap.policy.xacml-pdp</groupId>
         <artifactId>xacml-packages</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>policy-xacmlpdp-tarball</artifactId>
diff --git a/packages/pom.xml b/packages/pom.xml
index d6faf53..8897805 100644
--- a/packages/pom.xml
+++ b/packages/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onap.policy.xacml-pdp</groupId>
         <artifactId>policy-xacml-pdp</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>xacml-packages</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fb82f93..f8eb4b7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.onap.policy.xacml-pdp</groupId>
     <artifactId>policy-xacml-pdp</artifactId>
-    <version>2.5.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
diff --git a/testsuites/performance/pom.xml b/testsuites/performance/pom.xml
index 22f3b17..3ee9b94 100644
--- a/testsuites/performance/pom.xml
+++ b/testsuites/performance/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onap.policy.xacml-pdp</groupId>
         <artifactId>xacml-testsuites</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>xacml-performance</artifactId>
     <build>
diff --git a/testsuites/pom.xml b/testsuites/pom.xml
index 881b27a..f0da18f 100644
--- a/testsuites/pom.xml
+++ b/testsuites/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onap.policy.xacml-pdp</groupId>
         <artifactId>policy-xacml-pdp</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>xacml-testsuites</artifactId>
diff --git a/testsuites/stability/pom.xml b/testsuites/stability/pom.xml
index 502b133..f6e3467 100644
--- a/testsuites/stability/pom.xml
+++ b/testsuites/stability/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onap.policy.xacml-pdp</groupId>
         <artifactId>xacml-testsuites</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>xacml-stability</artifactId>
     <build>
diff --git a/tutorials/pom.xml b/tutorials/pom.xml
index 3625057..ad618aa 100644
--- a/tutorials/pom.xml
+++ b/tutorials/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onap.policy.xacml-pdp</groupId>
         <artifactId>policy-xacml-pdp</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>xacml-tutorials</artifactId>
diff --git a/tutorials/tutorial-enforcement/pom.xml b/tutorials/tutorial-enforcement/pom.xml
index 59d69f9..a1f3634 100644
--- a/tutorials/tutorial-enforcement/pom.xml
+++ b/tutorials/tutorial-enforcement/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onap.policy.xacml-pdp</groupId>
         <artifactId>xacml-tutorials</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.onap.policy.tutorial</groupId>
diff --git a/tutorials/tutorial-xacml-application/pom.xml b/tutorials/tutorial-xacml-application/pom.xml
index 81db13b..b55a165 100644
--- a/tutorials/tutorial-xacml-application/pom.xml
+++ b/tutorials/tutorial-xacml-application/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.onap.policy.xacml-pdp</groupId>
     <artifactId>xacml-tutorials</artifactId>
-    <version>2.5.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.onap.policy.tutorial.xacml-application</groupId>
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index ecf57f4..86a80a5 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # because they are used in Jenkins, whose plug-in doesn't support
 
 major=2
-minor=5
-patch=2
+minor=6
+patch=0
 
 base_version=${major}.${minor}.${patch}
 
diff --git a/xacml-test/pom.xml b/xacml-test/pom.xml
index de00862..e6d6cc8 100644
--- a/xacml-test/pom.xml
+++ b/xacml-test/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onap.policy.xacml-pdp</groupId>
         <artifactId>policy-xacml-pdp</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>