diff --git a/website/docusaurus.config.js b/website/docusaurus.config.js
index c414d3e93b93e..91a55816d3611 100644
--- a/website/docusaurus.config.js
+++ b/website/docusaurus.config.js
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ module.exports = {
         shape: "triangle",
         color: "#e8433e",
         githubRepo: "apache/apisix",
-        version: "2.5",
-        releaseDate: "2021-04-05",
+        version: "2.6",
+        releaseDate: "2021-05-24",
         firstDocPath: "/getting-started",
       },
       {
diff --git a/website/events/2021-05-24-release-apache-apisix-2.6.md b/website/events/2021-05-24-release-apache-apisix-2.6.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fac69283dd1c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/events/2021-05-24-release-apache-apisix-2.6.md
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+---
+title: Release Apache APISIX 2.6
+---
+
+<!--truncate-->
+
+### Change
+
+- change(prometheus): redesign the latency metrics & update grafana [#3993](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/3993)
+- change(prometheus): don't expose metrics to internet [#3994](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/3994)
+- change(limit-count): ensure redis cluster name is set correctly [#3910](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/3910)
+- change: drop support of OpenResty 1.15 [#3960](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/3960)
+
+### Core
+
+- :sunrise: feat: support passing different host headers in multiple nodes [#4208](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/4208)
+- :sunrise: feat: add 50x html for error page [#4164](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/4164)
+- :sunrise: feat: support to use upstream_id in stream_route [#4121](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/4121)
+- :sunrise: feat: support client certificate verification [#4034](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/4034)
+- :sunrise: feat: add nacos support [#3820](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/3820)
+- :sunrise: feat: patch tcp.sock.connect to use our DNS resolver [#4114](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/4114)
+
+### Plugin
+
+- :sunrise: feat(redirect): support uri encoding [#4244](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/4244)
+- :sunrise: feat(key-auth): allow customizing header [#4013](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/4013)
+- :sunrise: feat(response-rewrite): allow using variable in the header [#4194](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/4194)
+- :sunrise: feat(ext-plugin): APISIX can support Java, Go and other languages to implement custom plugin [#4183](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/4183)
+
+### Bugfix
+
+- fix(DNS): support IPv6 resolver [#4242](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/4242)
+- fix(healthcheck): only one_loop is needed in the passive health check report [#4116](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/4116)
+- fix(traffic-split): configure multiple "rules", the request will be confused between upstream [#4092](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/4092)
+- fix: ensure upstream with domain is cached [#4061](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/4061)
+- fix: be compatible with the router created before 2.5 [#4056](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/4056)
+- fix(standalone): the conf should be available during start [#4027](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/4027)
+- fix: ensure atomic operation in limit-count plugin [#3991](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/3991)
diff --git a/website/static/data/events.json b/website/static/data/events.json
index e7a0b5830e0cc..59803b854465a 100644
--- a/website/static/data/events.json
+++ b/website/static/data/events.json
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 [
+  {
+    "title": "Release Apache APISIX 2.6",
+    "fileName": "2021-05-24-release-apache-apisix-2.6"
+  },
   {
     "title": "Release Apache APISIX Dashboard 2.6",
     "fileName": "2021-04-22-release-apache-apisix-dashboard-2.6"