diff --git a/paramiko/_version.py b/paramiko/_version.py
index 3970c642c..67b0f8e62 100644
--- a/paramiko/_version.py
+++ b/paramiko/_version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # last version component is odd for pre-release development, even for stable release
-__version_info__ = (2, 6, 4)
+__version_info__ = (2, 6, 6)
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, __version_info__))