diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4c0462adac3..55e54742c95 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ endif()
 ###############################################################################
 # Project                                                                     #
 ###############################################################################
-project(fastrtps VERSION "2.6.1" LANGUAGES C CXX)
+project(fastrtps VERSION "2.6.2" LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
 set(PROJECT_NAME_LARGE "Fast RTPS")
 string(TOUPPER "${PROJECT_NAME}" PROJECT_NAME_UPPER)
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index 8e959e8b37f..42271c4b9c5 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <?xml-model href="http://download.ros.org/schema/package_format3.xsd" schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
 <package format="3">
   <name>fastrtps</name>
-  <version>2.6.1</version>
+  <version>2.6.2</version>
   <description>
      *eprosima Fast DDS* (formerly Fast RTPS) is a C++ implementation of the DDS (Data Distribution Service) standard of the OMG (Object Management Group). eProsima Fast DDS implements the RTPS (Real Time Publish Subscribe) protocol, which provides publisher-subscriber communications over unreliable transports such as UDP, as defined and maintained by the Object Management Group (OMG) consortium. RTPS is also the wire interoperability protocol defined for the Data Distribution Service (DDS) standard. *eProsima Fast DDS* expose an API to access directly the RTPS protocol, giving the user full access to the protocol internals.
   </description>