diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
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+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ find_package(GaudiProject)
 #---------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Declare project name and version
-gaudi_project(Phys v26r5
-              USE Rec v24r4)
+gaudi_project(Phys v26r6
+              USE Rec v24r5)
diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/v26r6.md b/ReleaseNotes/v26r6.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+2020-11-22 Phys v26r6
+===
+
+This version uses Gaudi v34r1, LHCb v45r5, Lbcom v23r0p5, Rec v24r5 and uses LCG_97a with ROOT 6.20.06
+
+This version is released on `run2-patches` branch and is intended for use with Run1 or Run2 data. For Run3, use a version released on `master` branch
+
+Built relative to Phys [v26r5](../-/tags/v26r5), with the following changes:
+
+
+### Fixes ~"bug fix" ~workaround
+
+- ~Tuples | Use new decay tree after substitutions (if they are done) in the DTF. (run 2), !816 (@masmith)
+
+
+### Code cleanups and changes to tests ~modernisation ~cleanup ~testing
+
+- ~Build | Fix use of CLHEP to be compatible with Gaudi new cmake configuration (@sponce), !786 (@cattanem)
+- ~Build | Add missing include to fix compilation error in dev3, !769 (@cattanem)
+- ~Build | Revert "Handle Davix dependency introduced by Root 6.19", !682 (@cattanem) [ROOT-10520]
+- Drop the use of `propsPrint()`, !828 (@cattanem)
+- Migrate to Gaudi/Property.h, !805 (@cattanem)
+- Adapt to new Gaudi monitoring, !800 (@rmatev)
+- Fix imports for python 3, !798 (@cattanem)
+- Backport python 3 fixes from !785, !797 (@cattanem)
+- Replace savannah bugs by corresponding JIRA tasks (@pkoppenb), !778 (@cattanem)
+- Fixes for run2-patches python3 compatibility, !777 (@masmith) [lhcb-dpa/project#44]
+- Remove swimming, !766 (@cattanem) [LHCBPS-1867]
+- Python 3 compatibility, !762 (@masmith) [#10]
+- Migrate to Gaudi/Property.h, !753 (@cattanem)
+- Fix clang 10 build warnings (@chasse), !737 (@cattanem)
+
+
+### Documentation ~Documentation
+
+- Replace savannah bugs by corresponding JIRA tasks (@pkoppenb), !778 (@cattanem)
+- Update the release notes template to latest version from master, !755 (@cattanem)
+
+### Other
+
+- ~Functors | Functor for error on corrected mass / pT of daughter relative to mother / p (E) in rest frame of mother, with approximation, !811 (@decianm)