diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7befec3bf05d592798572e4f816075a913ebee01..5d96f5b2396b3777e7b082896f1607b1edb4e2be 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ if(STANDALONE AND NOT DEFINED CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE AND DEFINED ENV{CMAKE_TOOLCHA
   set(CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE $ENV{CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE})
 endif()
 
-project(Allen VERSION 6.9
+project(Allen VERSION 6.10
         LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
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diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/v6r10.md b/ReleaseNotes/v6r10.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7902ed2534a0e7f29bd2d2a4463dfcace1a236a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReleaseNotes/v6r10.md
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+2025-08-10 Allen v6r10
+===
+
+This version uses
+Rec [v38r10](../../../../Rec/-/tags/v38r10),
+Lbcom [v37r10](../../../../Lbcom/-/tags/v37r10),
+LHCb [v57r10](../../../../LHCb/-/tags/v57r10),
+Detector [v3r3p2](../../../../Detector/-/tags/v3r3p2),
+Gaudi [v40r0](../../../../Gaudi/-/tags/v40r0) and
+LCG [106c](http://lcginfo.cern.ch/release/106c/) with ROOT 6.32.10.
+
+This version is released on the `2025-patches` branch.
+Built relative to Allen [v6r9](/../../tags/v6r9), with the following changes:
+
+### New features ~"new feature"
+
+
+
+### Fixes ~"bug fix" ~workaround
+
+
+
+### Enhancements ~enhancement
+
+
+
+### Code cleanups and changes to tests ~modernisation ~cleanup ~testing
+
+
+
+### Documentation ~Documentation
+
+
+### Other