diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index d8e2b92c39b..1d513ba59e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ env:
   CACHE_VERSION: 2
   UV_CACHE_VERSION: 1
   MYPY_CACHE_VERSION: 1
-  HA_SHORT_VERSION: "2026.1"
+  HA_SHORT_VERSION: "2026.2"
   DEFAULT_PYTHON: "3.13.11"
   ALL_PYTHON_VERSIONS: "['3.13.11', '3.14.2']"
   # 10.3 is the oldest supported version
diff --git a/homeassistant/const.py b/homeassistant/const.py
index be3e4ce92fb..202eb30df0b 100644
--- a/homeassistant/const.py
+++ b/homeassistant/const.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 
 APPLICATION_NAME: Final = "HomeAssistant"
 MAJOR_VERSION: Final = 2026
-MINOR_VERSION: Final = 1
+MINOR_VERSION: Final = 2
 PATCH_VERSION: Final = "0.dev0"
 __short_version__: Final = f"{MAJOR_VERSION}.{MINOR_VERSION}"
 __version__: Final = f"{__short_version__}.{PATCH_VERSION}"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e1ff7c440ec..97930569ceb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "homeassistant"
-version = "2026.1.0.dev0"
+version = "2026.2.0.dev0"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 license-files = ["LICENSE*", "homeassistant/backports/LICENSE*"]
 description = "Open-source home automation platform running on Python 3."