diff --git a/editors/novelwriter/Makefile b/editors/novelwriter/Makefile
index e31b70cae2447045f8063298b0f293a23c23a90e..b3eff34aee9069d61779aa67932242a99aa46093 100644
--- a/editors/novelwriter/Makefile
+++ b/editors/novelwriter/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PORTNAME=	novelwriter
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	2.5.3
+DISTVERSION=	2.6
 CATEGORIES=	editors python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 
diff --git a/editors/novelwriter/distinfo b/editors/novelwriter/distinfo
index ed94b5a56a17e61916bf37867e10640705e8e6f7..c943ab0924a182e84d5e1833299e1ae16315bfa9 100644
--- a/editors/novelwriter/distinfo
+++ b/editors/novelwriter/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1736751723
-SHA256 (vkbo-novelWriter-v2.5.3_GH0.tar.gz) = bf8ea7f56360edf92cb61e23c2f28e5828faf8699fec2a27d100c276e38d019d
-SIZE (vkbo-novelWriter-v2.5.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 5244331
+TIMESTAMP = 1737929914
+SHA256 (vkbo-novelWriter-v2.6_GH0.tar.gz) = 6bde7fb0ed11d0fec0e99a0f7fd2fc92390da5c1da7c9d4ee67c67cf24d62c4c
+SIZE (vkbo-novelWriter-v2.6_GH0.tar.gz) = 5287193