diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index eb7d8f2..94e78dc 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+v2.6.2
+
+* ensure maps are always enabled when compiling via mix
+
 v2.6.1
 
 * hex.pm maintenance release
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 36d1da6..e0ebf61 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# jsx (v2.6.1) #
+# jsx (v2.6.2) #
 
 
 an erlang application for consuming, producing and manipulating [json][json]. 
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 3c2068b..ee41a63 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use Mix.Project
   def project do
     [
       app: :jsx,
-      version: "2.6.1",
+      version: "2.6.2",
       description: "an erlang application for consuming, producing and manipulating json. inspired by yajl",
       deps: deps(Mix.env),
       package: package,
diff --git a/src/jsx.app.src b/src/jsx.app.src
index a724cbb..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, "2.6.1"},
+    {vsn, "2.6.2"},
     {modules, [
         jsx,
         jsx_encoder,