diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 8b32304..94e78dc 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+v2.6.2
+
+* ensure maps are always enabled when compiling via mix
+
+v2.6.1
+
+* hex.pm maintenance release
+
 v2.6.0
 
 * equivalent to v2.5.3 but created for semver reasons
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c6b6ded..2074c1b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# jsx (v2.6.0) #
+# jsx (v2.6.2) #
 
 
 an erlang application for consuming, producing and manipulating [json][json]. 
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index c1ab1d7..ee41a63 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use Mix.Project
   def project do
     [
       app: :jsx,
-      version: "2.6.0",
+      version: "2.6.2",
       description: "an erlang application for consuming, producing and manipulating json. inspired by yajl",
       deps: deps(Mix.env),
       package: package,
@@ -13,11 +13,10 @@ use Mix.Project
     ]
   end
 
-  defp opts(:dev), do: [d: :TEST]
-  defp opts(_), do: []
+  defp opts(:dev), do: [d: :TEST] ++ opts(:prod)
+  defp opts(_), do: [d: :maps_support, d: :maps_always]
 
-  defp deps(:dev), do: [{:mixunit, "~> 0.9.1", [optional: true]}]
-  defp deps(_), do: []
+  defp deps(_), do: [{:mixunit, git: "git@github.com:talentdeficit/mixunit.git", only: :dev}]
 
   defp package do
     [
diff --git a/mix.lock b/mix.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4317a5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mix.lock
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+%{"mixunit": {:git, "git@github.com:talentdeficit/mixunit.git", "9cf0098a069e70f65300e2939d0c2c06abb71cd1", []}}
diff --git a/rebar.lock b/rebar.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57afcca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rebar.lock
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[].
diff --git a/src/jsx.app.src b/src/jsx.app.src
index ff7b2fd..0ab7f32 100644
--- a/src/jsx.app.src
+++ b/src/jsx.app.src
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {application, jsx,
 [
     {description, "a streaming, evented json parsing toolkit"},
-    {vsn, "2.6.0"},
+    {vsn, "2.6.2"},
     {modules, [
         jsx,
         jsx_encoder,