diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6106161e434..c202a73a886 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # Naming convention:
 #	for stable releases we use "1.0.0" format
 #   for pre-releases, we use   "1.0.0-beta.2" format
-VERSION=2.6.0-beta.1
+VERSION=2.6.0-beta.2
 
 # These are standard autotools variables, don't change them please
 BUILDDIR ?= build
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index a73938b62b1..a5d22c3e256 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 package teleport
 
 const (
-	Version = "2.6.0-beta.1"
+	Version = "2.6.0-beta.2"
 )
 
 // Gitref variable is automatically set to the output of git-describe