diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1daa76d4..af7688f9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Version 2.6.0-RC2 (Oct 8, 2003)
+-------------------------------
+
   - apply modifiers only once to section-loop and foreach-from attrs (messju)
   - remove use of _smarty_cached_paths-files (messju)
   - remove Smarty::_plugin_implementation_exists() - use is_callable() (messju)
diff --git a/libs/Config_File.class.php b/libs/Config_File.class.php
index 4a603878..5a7ca50a 100644
--- a/libs/Config_File.class.php
+++ b/libs/Config_File.class.php
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  * http://smarty.php.net/
  *
  * @link http://smarty.php.net/
- * @version 2.6.0-RC1-cvs
+ * @version 2.6.0-RC2-cvs
  * @copyright Copyright: 2001-2003 ispi of Lincoln, Inc.
  * @author Andrei Zmievski <andrei@php.net>
  * @access public
diff --git a/libs/Smarty.class.php b/libs/Smarty.class.php
index a7a68dc9..83a202f8 100644
--- a/libs/Smarty.class.php
+++ b/libs/Smarty.class.php
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
  * @author Monte Ohrt <monte@ispi.net>
  * @author Andrei Zmievski <andrei@php.net>
  * @package Smarty
- * @version 2.6.0-RC1-cvs
+ * @version 2.6.0-RC2-cvs
  */
 
 /* $Id$ */
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ class Smarty
      *
      * @var string
      */
-    var $_version              = '2.6.0-RC1-cvs';
+    var $_version              = '2.6.0-RC2-cvs';
 
     /**
      * current template inclusion depth
diff --git a/libs/Smarty_Compiler.class.php b/libs/Smarty_Compiler.class.php
index 1a804ca6..df583249 100644
--- a/libs/Smarty_Compiler.class.php
+++ b/libs/Smarty_Compiler.class.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
  * @link http://smarty.php.net/
  * @author Monte Ohrt <monte@ispi.net>
  * @author Andrei Zmievski <andrei@php.net>
- * @version 2.6.0-RC1-cvs
+ * @version 2.6.0-RC2-cvs
  * @copyright 2001-2003 ispi of Lincoln, Inc.
  * @package Smarty
  */