diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 64d8927..059c4ba 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,33 @@
+2024.02.6, released September 9th, 2024
+
+	Important / security related fixes.
+
+        Added a large number of additional runtime tests.
+
+        Infrastructure:
+        - Be more robust against text files (for package hashes and
+          users) incorrectly missing a terminating newline.
+
+        - Fix various issues with the pkg-kconfig infrastructure and
+          per-package-directories builds
+          (BR2_PER_PACKAGE_DIRECTORIES).
+
+	Updated/fixed packages: aer-inject, am335x-pru-package,
+	apache, apr, apr-util, attr, boost, btrfs-progs, busybox,
+	cryptsetup, dropbear, elfutils, fetchmail, ffmpeg, fluidsynth,
+	freerdp, gcc, gdb, gnutls, gpsd, hiawatha, hostapd, htop,
+	intel-microcode, iperf3, ksmbd-tools, libcoap, libcurl,
+	libest, libgtk3, libpwquality, libressl, libupnp, libxml2,
+	libxslt, lrzsz, mdio-tools, micropython, mjpg-streamer, mpir,
+	ncftp, nginx, nodejs, open-iscsi, openldap, openvpn, pistache,
+	procps-ng, python-django, ruby, speex, swaybg, tinyssh,
+	uclibc, uclibc-ng-test, unbound, uuu, wpewebkit, zfs
+
+        Issues resolved:
+	- Toolchain (host-gcc-final-14.1.0) build failure with
+	  y2038/BR2_TIME_BITS_64 enabled
+	  https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot/-/issues/16
+
 2024.02.5, released August 14th, 2024
 
 	Important / security related fixes.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4d005cd..e3e2d43 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@
 .PHONY: all
 
 # Set and export the version string
-export BR2_VERSION := 2024.02.5
+export BR2_VERSION := 2024.02.6
 # Actual time the release is cut (for reproducible builds)
-BR2_VERSION_EPOCH = 1723635000
+BR2_VERSION_EPOCH = 1725892000
 
 # Save running make version since it's clobbered by the make package
 RUNNING_MAKE_VERSION := $(MAKE_VERSION)
diff --git a/support/misc/Vagrantfile b/support/misc/Vagrantfile
index ca7e161..523943f 100644
--- a/support/misc/Vagrantfile
+++ b/support/misc/Vagrantfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 # Buildroot version to use
-RELEASE='2024.02.5'
+RELEASE='2024.02.6'
 
 ### Change here for more memory/cores ###
 VM_MEMORY=2048