diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 90412b9a16..c2b1382d7a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Release date: TBA
 ..
   Put new features and bugfixes here and also in 'doc/whatsnew/2.9.rst'
 
+* astroid has been upgraded to 2.6.0
+
 * ``setuptools_scm`` has been removed and replaced by ``tbump`` in order to not
   have hidden runtime dependencies to setuptools
 
diff --git a/requirements_test_min.txt b/requirements_test_min.txt
index b48e37dcde..790e5af76e 100644
--- a/requirements_test_min.txt
+++ b/requirements_test_min.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 -e .
-astroid==2.6.0-dev0  # Pinned to a specific version for tests
+astroid==2.6.0  # Pinned to a specific version for tests
 pytest~=6.2
 pytest-benchmark~=3.4
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 056e2a62c5..35d960c6fe 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ project_urls =
 [options]
 packages = find:
 install_requires =
-    astroid>=2.6.0-dev0,<2.7 # (You should also upgrade requirements_test_min.txt)
+    astroid>=2.6.0,<2.7 # (You should also upgrade requirements_test_min.txt)
     isort>=4.2.5,<6
     mccabe>=0.6,<0.7
     toml>=0.7.1