diff --git a/pykafka/__init__.py b/pykafka/__init__.py
index 469faefee..9954ec896 100644
--- a/pykafka/__init__.py
+++ b/pykafka/__init__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 from .balancedconsumer import BalancedConsumer
 from .managedbalancedconsumer import ManagedBalancedConsumer
 
-__version__ = '2.6.0.dev1'
+__version__ = '2.6.0.dev2'
 
 
 __all__ = ["Broker", "SimpleConsumer", "Cluster", "Partition", "Producer",