diff --git a/emoji/__init__.py b/emoji/__init__.py
index 1f6dcab..bef1e16 100644
--- a/emoji/__init__.py
+++ b/emoji/__init__.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     'EMOJI_DATA', 'STATUS', 'LANGUAGES',
 ]
 
-__version__ = '2.5.1'
+__version__ = '2.6.0'
 __author__ = 'Taehoon Kim, Kevin Wurster'
 __email__ = 'carpedm20@gmail.com'
 # and wursterk@gmail.com, tahir.jalilov@gmail.com