diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 2ac2bd2..b71248a 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: pkglite
 Title: Compact Package Representations
-Version: 0.2.5
+Version: 0.2.6
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Nan", "Xiao", role = c("aut"), comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-0250-5673")),
     person("Yilong", "Zhang", role = "aut"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index c02b5de..d8bf51e 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# pkglite 0.2.6
+
+- Update maintainer email
+
 # pkglite 0.2.5
 
 ## Maintenance