diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 0d46ae3e..30bcddbe
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ else:
 
 
 def get_version():
-	base_version = '2.6'
+	base_version = '2.7'
 	base_version += '.dev9999'
 	try:
 		return base_version + '+git.' + str(subprocess.check_output(['git', 'rev-parse', 'HEAD']).strip())