diff --git a/apps/arweave/include/ar.hrl b/apps/arweave/include/ar.hrl
index f0802ce1a..9b1e8bbff 100644
--- a/apps/arweave/include/ar.hrl
+++ b/apps/arweave/include/ar.hrl
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 -define(CLIENT_VERSION, 5).
 
 %% The current build number -- incremented for every release.
--define(RELEASE_NUMBER, 53).
+-define(RELEASE_NUMBER, 54).
 
 -define(DEFAULT_REQUEST_HEADERS,
 	[
diff --git a/apps/arweave/src/ar_fork.erl b/apps/arweave/src/ar_fork.erl
index d516e4109..96967426e 100644
--- a/apps/arweave/src/ar_fork.erl
+++ b/apps/arweave/src/ar_fork.erl
@@ -87,5 +87,5 @@ height_2_6() ->
 	0.
 -else.
 height_2_6() ->
-	infinity.
+	1132210. % Targeting 2023-03-06 14:00 UTC
 -endif.
diff --git a/apps/arweave/src/arweave.app.src b/apps/arweave/src/arweave.app.src
index a8ca8d26a..b7424cd41 100644
--- a/apps/arweave/src/arweave.app.src
+++ b/apps/arweave/src/arweave.app.src
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {application, arweave, [
 	{description, "Arweave"},
-	{vsn, "2.5.3.0"},
+	{vsn, "2.6.0.0"},
 	{mod, {ar, []}},
 	{applications, [
 		kernel,
diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index 90bbe03e6..4fcdaee55 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 ]}.
 
 {relx, [
-	{release, {arweave, "2.5.3.0"}, [
+	{release, {arweave, "2.6.0.0"}, [
 		{arweave, load},
 		ar_sqlite3,
 		b64fast,