diff --git a/IDMETA b/IDMETA
index 60b4bc36..b0eb18f6 100644
--- a/IDMETA
+++ b/IDMETA
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 DEBIAN_DIST="bullseye buster stretch"
 UBUNTU_DIST="jammy focal bionic xenial trusty"
 CENTOS_DIST="centos7 centos8"
-VERSION=2.2.5
+VERSION=2.2.6
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 79e0ed7f..aa3d033e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+--- 2.2.6 2022/12/14
+
+zebraidx: Mention -f option when skipping index lines #39
+
+Fix result-sets not removed in some cases #38
+
 --- 2.2.5 2022/06/22
 
 Fix buffer overflow in dictionary insert handling. Could lead to