diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3ad8a6e0b44efdb4b5af5b0fa01c424867f357a8..b45c8d3a5fdb55f5359fbc7e901f8921bf66f215 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ option(ENABLE_WRAP_PYTHON "Build Python wrappers" ${DEFAULT})
 
 set(GMSH_MAJOR_VERSION 2)
 set(GMSH_MINOR_VERSION 6)
-set(GMSH_PATCH_VERSION 1)
+set(GMSH_PATCH_VERSION 2)
 set(GMSH_EXTRA_VERSION "" CACHE STRING "Gmsh extra version string")
 
 set(GMSH_VERSION "${GMSH_MAJOR_VERSION}.${GMSH_MINOR_VERSION}")