diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4da6a195e7..075f91973c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ project(
   cp2k
   DESCRIPTION "CP2K"
   HOMEPAGE_URL "https://www.cp2k.org"
-  VERSION "2026.1"
+  VERSION "2026.2"
   LANGUAGES Fortran C CXX)
 
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules")
diff --git a/REVISION b/REVISION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b83965aea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/REVISION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+git:c92cc08
diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index 7c52cfc20c..ead18e18fa 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 2026.2 (Draft)
+## 2026.2 (July 15, 2026)
 
 ### New Features
 
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 - Per-thermal-region function for rescaling temperatures in MD (independent of thermostats)
   ([#5002](https://github.com/cp2k/cp2k/pull/5002))
 - Cell optimization with fixed volume ([#5086](https://github.com/cp2k/cp2k/pull/5086))
-- **TODO**
 
 ### New Libraries
 
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@
 - Reintegrate with LIBXS, LIBXSTREAM, and LIBXSMM ([#5343](https://github.com/cp2k/cp2k/pull/5343))
 - Add libGint for Hartree–Fock exchange with CUDA acceleration
   ([#5446](https://github.com/cp2k/cp2k/pull/5446))
-- **TODO**
 
 ### Breaking Changes
 
@@ -67,14 +65,12 @@
 - An implementation of the FFTW3 interface may be turned into a hard dependency in a later release.
   Please consider compiling and CP2K with FFTW3, MKL, AOCL or any other library implementing this
   interface if you have not used it until now. ([#5454](https://github.com/cp2k/cp2k/pull/5454))
-- **TODO**
 
 ### Fixes
 
 - Fix issues in the native DFT-D4 implementation. ([#5030](https://github.com/cp2k/cp2k/pull/5030))
 - Analytical periodic-subspace stress for 2D systems with ANALYTIC/MT
   ([#5282](https://github.com/cp2k/cp2k/pull/5282))
-- **TODO**
 
 ______________________________________________________________________
 
diff --git a/src/cp2k_info.F b/src/cp2k_info.F
index afd451a01d..872951cffd 100644
--- a/src/cp2k_info.F
+++ b/src/cp2k_info.F
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ MODULE cp2k_info
 #endif
 
    !!! Keep version in sync with CMakeLists.txt !!!
-   CHARACTER(LEN=*), PARAMETER :: cp2k_version = "CP2K version 2026.1 (Development Version)"
+   CHARACTER(LEN=*), PARAMETER :: cp2k_version = "CP2K version 2026.2"
    CHARACTER(LEN=*), PARAMETER :: cp2k_year = "2026"
    CHARACTER(LEN=*), PARAMETER :: cp2k_home = "https://www.cp2k.org/"