diff --git a/doc/articles/plugins.md b/doc/articles/plugins.md
index 6c729a4e0..1da4e6851 100644
--- a/doc/articles/plugins.md
+++ b/doc/articles/plugins.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ requirements:
 The required version of the `composer-plugin-api` follows the same [rules][7]
 as a normal package's rules.
 
-The current Composer plugin API version is `2.3.0`.
+The current Composer plugin API version is `2.6.0`.
 
 An example of a valid plugin `composer.json` file (with the autoloading
 part omitted and an optional require-dev dependency on `composer/composer` for IDE auto completion):