diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: beautier
 Title: 'BEAUti' from R
-Version: 2.6.1
+Version: 2.6.2
 Authors@R: c(
   person("Richèl J.C.", "Bilderbeek", email = "richel@richelbilderbeek.nl", role = c("aut", "cre"), comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-1107-7049")),
   person("Joëlle", "Barido-Sottani", role = "rev", comment = "Joëlle reviewed the package for rOpenSci, see https://github.com/ropensci/onboarding/issues/209"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -2,6 +2,24 @@
 
 Newest versions at top.
 
+## beautier 2.6.2 (unreleased)
+
+### NEW FEATURES
+
+ * None
+
+### MINOR IMPROVEMENTS
+
+ * None
+
+### BUG FIXES
+
+ * None
+
+### DEPRECATED AND DEFUNCT
+
+ * None
+
 ## beautier 2.6.1 (2021-07-23)
 
 ### NEW FEATURES