diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index abf12a4c15840bb758157b72b3974367c38b8df0..f2bebec3c6667c7f1167d184910ebe68c513e7b2 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-python-defaults (2.6.5-14) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+python-defaults (2.6.6-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   [ Piotr Ożarowski ]
   * dh_python2: typo in --help output fixed (thanks to Adam D. Barratt)
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ python-defaults (2.6.5-14) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * debian/python-policy.sgml and debian/pyversions.py fix typos (thanks to
     Adam D. Barratt)
 
+  [ Matthias Klose ]
+  * Bump version to 2.6.6.
 
- -- Scott Kitterman <scott@kitterman.com>  Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:56:12 -0400
+ -- Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>  Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:03:26 +0200
 
 python-defaults (2.6.5-13) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 9579505eabe722e58b7f988c0d3c235e6af21afa..38fecbff620ee6119349c42fc2548dc22405058b 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Vcs-Browser: http://alioth.debian.org/scm/loggerhead/pkg-python/python-defaults-
 Package: python
 Architecture: all
 Priority: standard
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python2.6 (>= 2.6.5+20100630-2~), python-minimal (= ${binary:Version})
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python2.6 (>= 2.6.6-1~), python-minimal (= ${binary:Version})
 Suggests: python-doc (= ${binary:Version}), python-tk (= ${binary:Version}), python-profiler (= ${binary:Version})
 Conflicts: python-central (<< 0.5.5)
 Breaks: python-csv (<< 1.0-4), python-bz2 (<< 1.1-8), python-email (<< 2.5.5-3)
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Description: interactive high-level object-oriented language (default version)
 Package: python-minimal
 Architecture: all
 Priority: standard
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python2.6-minimal (>= 2.6.5+20100630-2~), dpkg (>= 1.13.20)
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python2.6-minimal (>= 2.6.6-1~), dpkg (>= 1.13.20)
 Recommends: python
 Conflicts: python-central (<< 0.5.5)
 Breaks: python (<= 2.4-1), python-dev (<< 2.6), python-dbg (<< 2.6), python-all (<< 2.6), python-all-dev (<< 2.6), python-all-dbg (<< 2.6), python-examples (<< 2.6), idle (<< 2.6), python2.5-minimal (<< 2.5.5-7), python2.6-minimal (<< 2.6.5~rc2-2), python3.1-minimal (<< 3.1.2~rc1-2)
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Description: minimal subset of the Python language (default version)
 
 Package: python-examples
 Architecture: all
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python (= ${binary:Version}), python2.6-examples (>= 2.6.5+20100630-2~)
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python (= ${binary:Version}), python2.6-examples (>= 2.6.6-1~)
 Description: examples for the Python language (default version)
  Examples, Demos and Tools for Python. These are files included in
  the upstream Python distribution.
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Description: examples for the Python language (default version)
 
 Package: python-dev
 Architecture: all
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python (= ${binary:Version}), python2.6-dev (>= 2.6.5+20100630-2~)
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python (= ${binary:Version}), python2.6-dev (>= 2.6.6-1~)
 Description: header files and a static library for Python (default)
  Header files, a static library and development tools for building
  Python modules, extending the Python interpreter or embedding Python
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Description: IDE for Python using Tkinter (default version)
 Package: python-doc
 Section: doc
 Architecture: all
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python2.6-doc (>= 2.6.5+20100630-2~)
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python2.6-doc (>= 2.6.6-1~)
 Suggests: python-examples, python (= ${binary:Version})
 Breaks: python (<< 2.3.5)
 Replaces: python (<< 2.3.5)
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Package: python-dbg
 Architecture: all
 Section: debug
 Priority: extra
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python (= ${binary:Version}), python2.6-dbg (>= 2.6.5+20100630-2~)
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python (= ${binary:Version}), python2.6-dbg (>= 2.6.6-1~)
 Provides: python-gdbm-dbg, python-tk-dbg
 Description: debug build of the Python Interpreter (version 2.6)
  Python interpreter configured with --pydebug. Dynamically loaded modules are
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index c885265e5fbc643a62708bad3dad6cbcbf30b64d..b1b48aa5811f8d1debf0e94ce459feeff228f932 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export NVER=2.7
 export PVER=python2.6
 
 PREVVER	:= $(shell awk '/^python/ && NR > 1 {print substr($$2,2,length($$2)-2); exit}' debian/changelog)
-PREVVER := 2.6.5+20100630-2~
+PREVVER := 2.6.6-1~
 
 PWD		:= $(shell pwd)