diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1060eba1..b162f3f7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
-## Pending / unreleased
-
- * Fix: `freezable?` fn name typo (mbossenbroek).
-
-
-## v2.6.0-RC1 / 2014 Mar 12
+## v2.6.0 / 2014 Mar 30
 
 > **Major release** with efficiency improvements, reliability improvements, and some new utils.
-> Welcoming feedback on any issues, etc.!
 
 ### New
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 952af48c..43ce9582 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 **[API docs][]** | **[CHANGELOG][]** | [other Clojure libs][] | [Twitter][] | [contact/contributing](#contact--contributing) | current ([semantic][]) version:
 
 ```clojure
-[com.taoensso/nippy "2.5.2"]     ; Stable
-[com.taoensso/nippy "2.6.0-RC1"] ; Appropriate for staging, production early adopters
+[com.taoensso/nippy "2.6.0"] ; Stable
 ```
 
 v2.6 will be a backwards-compatible release with: improved performance (incl. frozen data size), a new low-level DataInput/DataOuput API, improved support for headerless freezing, and 1-to-1 binary-value representation guarantees. See the [Changelog](https://github.com/ptaoussanis/nippy/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) for details.
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ Nippy is an attempt to provide a reliable, high-performance **drop-in alternativ
 Add the necessary dependency to your [Leiningen][] `project.clj` and `require` the library in your ns:
 
 ```clojure
-[com.taoensso/nippy "2.5.2"] ; project.clj
+[com.taoensso/nippy "2.6.0"] ; project.clj
 (ns my-app (:require [taoensso.nippy :as nippy])) ; ns
 ```
 
@@ -149,12 +148,6 @@ There's two default forms of encryption on offer: `:salted` and `:cached`. Each
 
 [Detailed benchmark information](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuSXb68FH4uhdE5kTTlocGZKSXppWG9sRzA5Y2pMVkE&pli=1#gid=0) is available on Google Docs.
 
-## This project supports the CDS and ![ClojureWerkz](https://raw.github.com/clojurewerkz/clojurewerkz.org/master/assets/images/logos/clojurewerkz_long_h_50.png) goals
-
-  * [CDS][], the **Clojure Documentation Site**, is a **contributer-friendly** community project aimed at producing top-notch, **beginner-friendly** Clojure tutorials and documentation. Awesome resource.
-
-  * [ClojureWerkz][] is a growing collection of open-source, **batteries-included Clojure libraries** that emphasise modern targets, great documentation, and thorough testing. They've got a ton of great stuff, check 'em out!
-
 ## Contact & contributing
 
 `lein start-dev` to get a (headless) development repl that you can connect to with [Cider][] (emacs) or your IDE.
@@ -169,7 +162,8 @@ Copyright © 2012-2014 Peter Taoussanis. Distributed under the [Eclipse Publ
 
 
 [API docs]: <http://ptaoussanis.github.io/nippy/>
-[CHANGELOG]: <https://github.com/ptaoussanis/nippy/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md>
+[CHANGELOG_]: <https://github.com/ptaoussanis/nippy/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md>
+[CHANGELOG]: <https://github.com/ptaoussanis/nippy/releases>
 [other Clojure libs]: <https://www.taoensso.com/clojure-libraries>
 [Twitter]: <https://twitter.com/ptaoussanis>
 [semantic]: <http://semver.org/>
@@ -180,4 +174,4 @@ Copyright &copy; 2012-2014 Peter Taoussanis. Distributed under the [Eclipse Publ
 [commit history]: <https://github.com/ptaoussanis/nippy/commits/master>
 [Cider]: <https://github.com/clojure-emacs/cider>
 [taoensso.com]: <https://www.taoensso.com>
-[Eclipse Public License]: <https://raw2.github.com/ptaoussanis/nippy/master/LICENSE>
+[Eclipse Public License]: <https://raw2.github.com/ptaoussanis/nippy/master/LICENSE>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 8301e805..4d3f05a0 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject com.taoensso/nippy "2.6.0-RC1"
+(defproject com.taoensso/nippy "2.6.0"
   :author "Peter Taoussanis <https://www.taoensso.com>"
   :description "Clojure serialization library"
   :url "https://github.com/ptaoussanis/nippy"
@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@
   :dependencies
   [[org.clojure/clojure      "1.4.0"]
    [org.clojure/tools.reader "0.8.3"]
-   [com.taoensso/encore      "0.9.8"]
+   [com.taoensso/encore      "1.1.0"]
    [org.iq80.snappy/snappy   "0.3"]
-   [org.tukaani/xz           "1.4"]]
+   [org.tukaani/xz           "1.5"]]
 
   :test-paths ["test" "src"]
   :profiles
   {;; :default [:base :system :user :provided :dev]
    :1.5  {:dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.5.1"]]}
-   :1.6  {:dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.6.0-beta1"]]}
+   :1.6  {:dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.6.0"]]}
    :test {:jvm-opts     ["-Xms1024m" "-Xmx2048m"]
           :dependencies [[expectations                  "1.4.56"]
                          [org.clojure/test.check        "0.5.7"]