diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ca3b9ad9..0ee8e373 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-speech/#history
 
+## [2.6.0](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-speech/compare/v2.5.1...v2.6.0) (2021-07-23)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add Samples section to CONTRIBUTING.rst ([#211](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-speech/issues/211)) ([4b7e4c4](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-speech/commit/4b7e4c46b57585f5db4adceca6ba5717d02ebb64))
+
 ### [2.5.1](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-speech/compare/v2.5.0...v2.5.1) (2021-07-21)
 
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c20e1252..57b64cc7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 name = "google-cloud-speech"
 description = "Google Cloud Speech API client library"
-version = "2.5.1"
+version = "2.6.0"
 # Should be one of:
 # 'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha'
 # 'Development Status :: 4 - Beta'