diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 10f85dd347..23c952f263 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 OpenLDAP 2.6 Change Log
 
-OpenLDAP 2.6.11 Engineering
+OpenLDAP 2.6.11 Release (2026/01/28)
 	Fixed slapd to use fresh timestamp for lastbind (ITS#10379)
 	Fixed slapd delta-syncrepl to always use logDB rootdn (ITS#10360)
 	Fixed slapd reverse lookup of proxied IPv6 addresses (ITS#10387)
diff --git a/build/version.var b/build/version.var
index 097cef730a..ab4557779a 100644
--- a/build/version.var
+++ b/build/version.var
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 ol_package=OpenLDAP
 ol_major=2
 ol_minor=6
-ol_patch=X
-ol_api_inc=20610
+ol_patch=11
+ol_api_inc=20611
 ol_api_current=2
 ol_api_revision=200
 ol_api_age=0
-ol_release_date="2025/05/22"
+ol_release_date="2026/01/28"