diff --git a/python/pyserial/pyserial.SlackBuild b/python/pyserial/pyserial.SlackBuild
index bda387a7d6..f03cd72e7e 100644
--- a/python/pyserial/pyserial.SlackBuild
+++ b/python/pyserial/pyserial.SlackBuild
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Updated to 2.5_rc2 by Dustin Schnee <schnee72{at}gmail{dot}com> 
 
 PRGNAM=pyserial
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.5}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.6}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/python/pyserial/pyserial.info b/python/pyserial/pyserial.info
index 77990a7b1a..bc9b06baaa 100644
--- a/python/pyserial/pyserial.info
+++ b/python/pyserial/pyserial.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="pyserial"
-VERSION="2.5"
+VERSION="2.6"
 HOMEPAGE="http://pyserial.sourceforge.net/index.html"
-DOWNLOAD="http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pyserial/pyserial-2.5.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="34340820710239bea2ceca7f43ef8cab"
+DOWNLOAD="http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pyserial/pyserial-2.6.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="cde799970b7c1ce1f7d6e9ceebe64c98"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""