diff --git a/release/datafiles/splash.png b/release/datafiles/splash.png
index 41284eff9c1..7affcab8a82 100644
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diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
index 871e9918f6f..370a8c7c140 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ extern "C" {
 /* these lines are grep'd, watch out for our not-so-awesome regex
  * and keep comment above the defines.
  * Use STRINGIFY() rather than defining with quotes */
-#define BLENDER_VERSION         265
-#define BLENDER_SUBVERSION      10
+#define BLENDER_VERSION         266
+#define BLENDER_SUBVERSION      0
 
 /* 262 was the last editmesh release but it has compatibility code for bmesh data */
 #define BLENDER_MINVERSION      262
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ extern "C" {
 
 /* used by packaging tools */
 /* can be left blank, otherwise a,b,c... etc with no quotes */
-#define BLENDER_VERSION_CHAR    a
+#define BLENDER_VERSION_CHAR    
 /* alpha/beta/rc/release, docs use this */
-#define BLENDER_VERSION_CYCLE   beta
+#define BLENDER_VERSION_CYCLE   release
 
 extern char versionstr[]; /* from blender.c */