diff --git a/src/sphinxcontrib/bibtex/__init__.py b/src/sphinxcontrib/bibtex/__init__.py
index 98f13767..ba7cc857 100644
--- a/src/sphinxcontrib/bibtex/__init__.py
+++ b/src/sphinxcontrib/bibtex/__init__.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def setup(app: Sphinx) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     app.add_role("footcite", FootCiteRole())
 
     return {
-        "version": "2.6.0a1",
+        "version": "2.6.0a2",
         "env_version": 9,
         "parallel_read_safe": True,
         "parallel_write_safe": True,