diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index 6bc570676..f0a3d43f7 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# Release 2.6.3 (bugfixes)
+ * fix command line parsing of transactions
+ * fix signtransaction --privkey (#1715)
+
 # Release 2.6.2 (bugfixes)
  * fix Trustedcoin restore from seed (bug #1704)
  * small improvements to kivy GUI
diff --git a/lib/version.py b/lib/version.py
index 37853d162..2fca4cda1 100644
--- a/lib/version.py
+++ b/lib/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ELECTRUM_VERSION = '2.6.2'  # version of the client package
+ELECTRUM_VERSION = '2.6.3'  # version of the client package
 PROTOCOL_VERSION = '0.10'   # protocol version requested
 NEW_SEED_VERSION = 11       # electrum versions >= 2.0
 OLD_SEED_VERSION = 4        # electrum versions < 2.0