diff --git a/build-all-multiplatform.sh b/build-all-multiplatform.sh
index 0216a827..c43e3d23 100755
--- a/build-all-multiplatform.sh
+++ b/build-all-multiplatform.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -eo pipefail
 
-DEBEZIUM_VERSION="2.3"
+DEBEZIUM_VERSION="2.6"
 if [ -z "$DEBEZIUM_VERSIONS" ]; then
   DEBEZIUM_VERSIONS="$DEBEZIUM_VERSION"
 fi
diff --git a/build-all.sh b/build-all.sh
index fa903786..96371d90 100755
--- a/build-all.sh
+++ b/build-all.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -eo pipefail
 
-DEBEZIUM_VERSION="2.3"
+DEBEZIUM_VERSION="2.6"
 if [ -z "$DEBEZIUM_VERSIONS" ]; then
   DEBEZIUM_VERSIONS="$DEBEZIUM_VERSION"
 fi
diff --git a/connect/2.6/Dockerfile b/connect/2.6/Dockerfile
index a8081d55..7bc84628 100644
--- a/connect/2.6/Dockerfile
+++ b/connect/2.6/Dockerfile
@@ -3,22 +3,22 @@ FROM localhost:5500/debeziumquay/connect-base:2.6
 
 LABEL maintainer="Debezium Community"
 
-ENV DEBEZIUM_VERSION="2.5.0.Final" \
+ENV DEBEZIUM_VERSION="2.6.0.Alpha1" \
     MAVEN_REPO_CENTRAL="" \
     MAVEN_REPOS_ADDITIONAL="" \
     MAVEN_DEP_DESTINATION=$KAFKA_CONNECT_PLUGINS_DIR \
-    MONGODB_MD5=fd5ca6d535108cafaef2a92a9afd97ae \
-    MYSQL_MD5=09d944f3a21bd205d9f01edde5cf3963 \
-    POSTGRES_MD5=16e95339cb27dba3a3d96bdd7b5ba3d0 \
-    SQLSERVER_MD5=64579046f37a1523e2fd27e5b9ab330c \
-    ORACLE_MD5=250d169979d2d3d8d919f8da65007634 \
-    DB2_MD5=aa5405943a493992d848679532c796a4 \
-    SPANNER_MD5=fb1c4a80c0990070497498600c1d50d6 \
-    VITESS_MD5=7462d3e3600bd98c20dd23bce5c415ea \
-    JDBC_MD5=7e3dae35120837b21e2f98a72eaf91d9 \
-    INFORMIX_MD5=5ae365d3a3ca3afaba00bd1312b69e58 \
-    KCRESTEXT_MD5=1dd7df4e6c7dd5dc4e5a74a5c887365f \
-    SCRIPTING_MD5=49163a506e826056ac2f5ef758c03f5e
+    MONGODB_MD5=3db73f49d29cbdea2fadae25dc1f4c25 \
+    MYSQL_MD5=d9cdb254b6ff40b90733e0b61f12c666 \
+    POSTGRES_MD5=56cde9af8e96993573387acc476a13aa \
+    SQLSERVER_MD5=c5675545fde967b96c4d40a7bddf8aef \
+    ORACLE_MD5=6ce4efeabeab0f90748a63bf43136436 \
+    DB2_MD5=497e78f7e6216df7668aa1568679f72e \
+    SPANNER_MD5=6ca2e311deaf131fa4d21071c73d4507 \
+    VITESS_MD5=e9e9a3f2b957e5f38cb18d76a13c3e26 \
+    JDBC_MD5=130ea8e005fe8247b878dda9842052a9 \
+    INFORMIX_MD5=5f08f5956e56510f556461aa6de397fa \
+    KCRESTEXT_MD5=d4ecade2c4c26f7304baafaab261da7d \
+    SCRIPTING_MD5=0f56af6eb77be9c6e9f21849d9e69539
 
 RUN docker-maven-download debezium mongodb "$DEBEZIUM_VERSION" "$MONGODB_MD5" && \
     docker-maven-download debezium mysql "$DEBEZIUM_VERSION" "$MYSQL_MD5" && \
diff --git a/connect/2.6/Dockerfile.local b/connect/2.6/Dockerfile.local
index b983fd79..48665197 100644
--- a/connect/2.6/Dockerfile.local
+++ b/connect/2.6/Dockerfile.local
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ FROM quay.io/debezium/connect-base:2.6
 
 LABEL maintainer="Debezium Community"
 
-ARG DEBEZIUM_VERSION=2.6.0
+ARG DEBEZIUM_VERSION=2.6.0.Alpha1
 ENV DEBEZIUM_VERSION=${DEBEZIUM_VERSION}
 
 # -------- testing ---------
diff --git a/connect/snapshot/Dockerfile b/connect/snapshot/Dockerfile
index d5f20967..237022e7 100644
--- a/connect/snapshot/Dockerfile
+++ b/connect/snapshot/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ FROM quay.io/debezium/connect-base:2.6
 
 LABEL maintainer="Debezium Community"
 
-ARG DEBEZIUM_VERSION=2.3.0-SNAPSHOT
+ARG DEBEZIUM_VERSION=2.6.0-SNAPSHOT
 
 ENV DEBEZIUM_VERSION=$DEBEZIUM_VERSION \
     MAVEN_OSS_SNAPSHOT="https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots"
diff --git a/operator/2.6/Dockerfile b/operator/2.6/Dockerfile
index 2c9d2dcd..417aeeb6 100644
--- a/operator/2.6/Dockerfile
+++ b/operator/2.6/Dockerfile
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@ LABEL maintainer="Debezium Community"
 # Set the version, home directory
 #
 ENV LANGUAGE='en_US:en'
-ENV DEBEZIUM_VERSION=2.5.0.Final \
+ENV DEBEZIUM_VERSION=2.6.0.Alpha1 \
     OPERATOR_HOME=/operator \
     MAVEN_REPO_CENTRAL="https://repo1.maven.org/maven2"
 ENV OPERATOR_URL_PATH=io/debezium/debezium-operator-dist/$DEBEZIUM_VERSION/debezium-operator-dist-$DEBEZIUM_VERSION.tar.gz \
-    OPERATOR_MD5=9e298cda18504c32f42e5e0b985f4206
+    OPERATOR_MD5=3b06f213b0860ae90ddaee6747d35e41
 
 USER root
 #
diff --git a/operator/snapshot/Dockerfile b/operator/snapshot/Dockerfile
index 44e29521..cc0f5681 100644
--- a/operator/snapshot/Dockerfile
+++ b/operator/snapshot/Dockerfile
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ LABEL maintainer="Debezium Community"
 #
 # Set the version, home directory
 #
-ARG DEBEZIUM_VERSION=2.3.0-SNAPSHOT
+ARG DEBEZIUM_VERSION=2.6.0-SNAPSHOT
 
 ENV LANGUAGE='en_US:en'
 ENV DEBEZIUM_VERSION=$DEBEZIUM_VERSION \
diff --git a/postgres/10-alpine/Dockerfile b/postgres/10-alpine/Dockerfile
index 8aa97e00..039b6a1a 100644
--- a/postgres/10-alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/10-alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM postgres:10-alpine
 
 LABEL maintainer="Debezium Community"
-ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.3.6.Final
+ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.6.0.Alpha1
 
 ENV WAL2JSON_COMMIT_ID=92b33c7d7c2fccbeb9f79455dafbc92e87e00ddd
 
diff --git a/postgres/10/Dockerfile b/postgres/10/Dockerfile
index 2b7d9b7e..8d17f1de 100644
--- a/postgres/10/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/10/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM postgres:10-bullseye AS build
 
 ARG USE_POSTGIS=true
-ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.3.6.Final
+ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.6.0.Alpha1
 ENV PROTOC_VERSION=1.4
 
 ENV WAL2JSON_COMMIT_ID=92b33c7d7c2fccbeb9f79455dafbc92e87e00ddd
diff --git a/postgres/11-alpine/Dockerfile b/postgres/11-alpine/Dockerfile
index 19984139..b2613015 100644
--- a/postgres/11-alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/11-alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM postgres:11-alpine
 
 LABEL maintainer="Debezium Community"
-ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.3.6.Final
+ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.6.0.Alpha1
 
 ENV WAL2JSON_COMMIT_ID=92b33c7d7c2fccbeb9f79455dafbc92e87e00ddd
 
diff --git a/postgres/11/Dockerfile b/postgres/11/Dockerfile
index d74fa78c..088eb052 100644
--- a/postgres/11/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/11/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM postgres:11-bullseye AS build
 
 ARG USE_POSTGIS=true
-ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.3.6.Final
+ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.6.0.Alpha1
 ENV PROTOC_VERSION=1.4
 
 ENV WAL2JSON_COMMIT_ID=92b33c7d7c2fccbeb9f79455dafbc92e87e00ddd
diff --git a/postgres/12-alpine/Dockerfile b/postgres/12-alpine/Dockerfile
index 935bafe7..80f7c052 100644
--- a/postgres/12-alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/12-alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM postgres:12-alpine
 
 LABEL maintainer="Debezium Community"
-ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.3.6.Final
+ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.6.0.Alpha1
 
 ENV WAL2JSON_COMMIT_ID=92b33c7d7c2fccbeb9f79455dafbc92e87e00ddd
 
diff --git a/postgres/12/Dockerfile b/postgres/12/Dockerfile
index 6ea447b3..d7c3b6e7 100644
--- a/postgres/12/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/12/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM postgres:12-bullseye AS build
 
 ARG USE_POSTGIS=true
-ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.3.6.Final
+ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.6.0.Alpha1
 ENV PROTOC_VERSION=1.4
 
 ENV WAL2JSON_COMMIT_ID=92b33c7d7c2fccbeb9f79455dafbc92e87e00ddd
diff --git a/postgres/13-alpine/Dockerfile b/postgres/13-alpine/Dockerfile
index c73235b8..0826d786 100644
--- a/postgres/13-alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/13-alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM postgres:13-alpine
 
 LABEL maintainer="Debezium Community"
-ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.3.6.Final
+ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.6.0.Alpha1
 
 ENV WAL2JSON_COMMIT_ID=wal2json_2_3
 
diff --git a/postgres/13/Dockerfile b/postgres/13/Dockerfile
index 411ed6ea..e9d6995b 100644
--- a/postgres/13/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/13/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM postgres:13-bullseye AS build
 
 ARG USE_POSTGIS=true
-ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.3.6.Final
+ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.6.0.Alpha1
 ENV PROTOC_VERSION=1.4
 
 ENV WAL2JSON_COMMIT_ID=wal2json_2_3
diff --git a/postgres/14-alpine/Dockerfile b/postgres/14-alpine/Dockerfile
index 444f41c9..86262dcb 100644
--- a/postgres/14-alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/14-alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM postgres:14-alpine
 
 LABEL maintainer="Debezium Community"
-ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.3.6.Final
+ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.6.0.Alpha1
 
 ENV WAL2JSON_COMMIT_ID=wal2json_2_3
 
diff --git a/postgres/14/Dockerfile b/postgres/14/Dockerfile
index 58a5d89d..7d669682 100644
--- a/postgres/14/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/14/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM postgres:14-bullseye AS build
 
 ARG USE_POSTGIS=true
-ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.3.6.Final
+ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.6.0.Alpha1
 ENV PROTOC_VERSION=1.4
 
 ENV WAL2JSON_COMMIT_ID=wal2json_2_3
diff --git a/postgres/15-alpine/Dockerfile b/postgres/15-alpine/Dockerfile
index c6a5b4c7..62413597 100644
--- a/postgres/15-alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/15-alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM postgres:15-alpine
 
 LABEL maintainer="Debezium Community"
-ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.3.6.Final
+ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.6.0.Alpha1
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache protobuf-c-dev
 
diff --git a/postgres/15/Dockerfile b/postgres/15/Dockerfile
index b90f4df7..f0ed34ce 100644
--- a/postgres/15/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/15/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM postgres:15-bullseye AS build
 
 ARG USE_POSTGIS=true
-ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.3.6.Final
+ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.6.0.Alpha1
 ENV PROTOC_VERSION=1.4
 
 # Install the packages which will be required to get everything to compile
diff --git a/postgres/16-alpine/Dockerfile b/postgres/16-alpine/Dockerfile
index 665f0633..5dd2467e 100644
--- a/postgres/16-alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/16-alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM postgres:16-alpine
 
 LABEL maintainer="Debezium Community"
-ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.5.0.Final
+ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.6.0.Alpha1
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache protobuf-c-dev
 
diff --git a/postgres/16/Dockerfile b/postgres/16/Dockerfile
index 43bf5467..d806af53 100644
--- a/postgres/16/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/16/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM postgres:16-bullseye AS build
 
 ARG USE_POSTGIS=true
-ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.5.0.Final
+ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.6.0.Alpha1
 ENV PROTOC_VERSION=1.4
 
 # Install the packages which will be required to get everything to compile
diff --git a/postgres/9.6-alpine/Dockerfile b/postgres/9.6-alpine/Dockerfile
index 19a48bec..8bd35ec8 100644
--- a/postgres/9.6-alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/9.6-alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM postgres:9.6-alpine
 
 LABEL maintainer="Debezium Community"
-ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.3.6.Final
+ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.6.0.Alpha1
 
 ENV WAL2JSON_COMMIT_ID=92b33c7d7c2fccbeb9f79455dafbc92e87e00ddd
 
diff --git a/postgres/9.6/Dockerfile b/postgres/9.6/Dockerfile
index 75dba90e..ca19e4a5 100644
--- a/postgres/9.6/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/9.6/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM postgres:9.6-bullseye AS build
 
 ARG USE_POSTGIS=true
-ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.3.6.Final
+ENV PLUGIN_VERSION=v2.6.0.Alpha1
 ENV PROTOC_VERSION=1.4
 
 ENV WAL2JSON_COMMIT_ID=92b33c7d7c2fccbeb9f79455dafbc92e87e00ddd
diff --git a/server/2.6/Dockerfile b/server/2.6/Dockerfile
index 5d46d23f..4cd129fa 100644
--- a/server/2.6/Dockerfile
+++ b/server/2.6/Dockerfile
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ LABEL maintainer="Debezium Community"
 #
 # Set the version, home directory, and MD5 hash.
 #
-ENV DEBEZIUM_VERSION=2.5.0.Final \
+ENV DEBEZIUM_VERSION=2.6.0.Alpha1 \
     SERVER_HOME=/debezium \
     MAVEN_REPO_CENTRAL="https://repo1.maven.org/maven2"
 ENV SERVER_URL_PATH=io/debezium/debezium-server-dist/$DEBEZIUM_VERSION/debezium-server-dist-$DEBEZIUM_VERSION.tar.gz \
-    SERVER_MD5=0293ac8e8547bd2a8c7d385ce759682a
+    SERVER_MD5=60d6ce842ecdfe26b01cd442263b6950
 
 #
 # Create a directory for Debezium Server
diff --git a/server/snapshot/Dockerfile b/server/snapshot/Dockerfile
index f234d0b1..677c7e20 100644
--- a/server/snapshot/Dockerfile
+++ b/server/snapshot/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ LABEL maintainer="Debezium Community"
 #
 # Set the version, home directory
 #
-ARG DEBEZIUM_VERSION=2.3.0-SNAPSHOT
+ARG DEBEZIUM_VERSION=2.6.0-SNAPSHOT
 
 ENV DEBEZIUM_VERSION=$DEBEZIUM_VERSION \
     SERVER_HOME=/debezium \
diff --git a/ui/2.6/Dockerfile b/ui/2.6/Dockerfile
index c937d8dd..b7379c7f 100644
--- a/ui/2.6/Dockerfile
+++ b/ui/2.6/Dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-minimal AS builder
 
 ARG JAVA_PACKAGE=java-11-openjdk-devel
-ARG BRANCH=v2.5.0.Final
+ARG BRANCH=v2.6.0.Alpha1
 
 ENV LANG='en_US.UTF-8' \
     LANGUAGE='en_US:en' \