diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index ed26b22b..6cbc8a36 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: rlistings
 Title: Clinical Trial Style Data Readout Listings
-Version: 0.2.5.9004
+Version: 0.2.6
 Date: 2023-10-18
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Gabriel", "Becker", , "gabembecker@gmail.com", role = "aut",
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ License: Apache License 2.0
 URL: https://github.com/insightsengineering/rlistings
 BugReports: https://github.com/insightsengineering/rlistings/issues
 Depends:
-    formatters (>= 0.5.3),
+    formatters (>= 0.5.4),
     methods,
     tibble (>= 2.0.0)
 Imports:
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 2fb64a72..a6f66fd5 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## rlistings 0.2.5.9004
+## rlistings 0.2.6
 * Fixed bug in pagination preventing key column values to appear in paginated listings when `export_as_txt` was used.
 * Added tests to cover for `export_as_txt` outputs.
 * Integrated support for newline characters.