diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 251b255..3e64947 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@
 /2.2.3.tar.gz
 /2.2.4.tar.gz
 /2.2.5.tar.gz
+/2.2.6.tar.gz
diff --git a/mariadb-java-client.spec b/mariadb-java-client.spec
index fb80286..ede7a6f 100644
--- a/mariadb-java-client.spec
+++ b/mariadb-java-client.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:		mariadb-java-client
-Version:	2.2.5
-Release:	2%{?dist}
+Version:	2.2.6
+Release:	1%{?dist}
 Summary:	Connects applications developed in Java to MariaDB and MySQL databases
 # added BSD license because of https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1291558#c13
 License:	BSD and LGPLv2+
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ cp target/%{name}-%{version}-tests.jar %{buildroot}/%{_jnidir}/%{name}-tests.jar
 %license LICENSE
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Aug 07 2018 Jakub Janco <jjanco@redhat.com> - 2.2.6-1
+- new version
+
 * Fri Jul 13 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.2.5-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index f48da0f..a9e8992 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (2.2.5.tar.gz) = d4c9a32d53e588df343ad854af1dda943435bb1df20a6aae31b574b800c3e033741309c664d9397eef6608b23e2f4c21587939786f36d064ccae95cd30a8b0a1
+SHA512 (2.2.6.tar.gz) = 400eca213fe555da0098987b00d04f9e29efc4ac84515505cbbd08105ba7eac1b305791d481dfb727767b920728f261dade0146ecc4c1c1a32036b4061803963