diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 94efa9e93..ff1ac0e34 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+### [2.2.6] 2022-02-04
+
+  * BC Break: due to an oversight, the `COMPOSER_BIN_DIR` env var for binaries added in Composer 2.2.2 had to be renamed to `COMPOSER_RUNTIME_BIN_DIR` (#10512)
+  * Fixed enum parsing in classmap generation with syntax like `enum foo:string` without space after `:` (#10498)
+  * Fixed package search not urlencoding the input (#10500)
+  * Fixed `reinstall` command not firing `pre-install-cmd`/`post-install-cmd` events (#10514)
+  * Fixed edge case in path repositories where a symlink: true option would be ignored on old Windows and old PHP combos (#10482)
+  * Fixed test suite compatibility with latest symfony/console releases (#10499)
+  * Fixed some error reporting edge cases (#10484, #10451, #10493)
+
 ### [2.2.5] 2022-01-21
 
   * Disabled `composer/package-versions-deprecated` by default as it can function using `Composer\InstalledVersions` at runtime (#10458)
@@ -1374,6 +1384,7 @@
 
   * Initial release
 
+[2.2.6]: https://github.com/composer/composer/compare/2.2.5...2.2.6
 [2.2.5]: https://github.com/composer/composer/compare/2.2.4...2.2.5
 [2.2.4]: https://github.com/composer/composer/compare/2.2.3...2.2.4
 [2.2.3]: https://github.com/composer/composer/compare/2.2.2...2.2.3
diff --git a/doc/articles/vendor-binaries.md b/doc/articles/vendor-binaries.md
index f55c92692..6ce952a4e 100644
--- a/doc/articles/vendor-binaries.md
+++ b/doc/articles/vendor-binaries.md
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ As of Composer 2.2.2, a new `$_composer_bin_dir` global variable
 is defined by the bin proxy file, so that when your binary gets executed
 it can use it to easily locate the project's autoloader.
 
-For non-PHP binaries, the bin proxy sets a `COMPOSER_BIN_DIR` environment
-variable.
+For non-PHP binaries, as of Composer 2.2.6, the bin proxy sets a
+`COMPOSER_RUNTIME_BIN_DIR` environment variable.
 
 This global variable will not be available however when running binaries defined
 by the root package itself, so you need to have a fallback in place.
@@ -116,10 +116,10 @@ $binDir = $_composer_bin_dir ?? __DIR__ . '/../vendor/bin';
 ```php
 #!/bin/bash
 
-if [[ -z "$COMPOSER_BIN_DIR" ]]; then
+if [[ -z "$COMPOSER_RUNTIME_BIN_DIR" ]]; then
   BIN_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 else
-  BIN_DIR="$COMPOSER_BIN_DIR"
+  BIN_DIR="$COMPOSER_RUNTIME_BIN_DIR"
 fi
 ```