diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a937e1e..176fe47 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Change Log
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file, from 0.2.0.
 
+## [0.2.6] - 2016-05-02
+  - Fix for exception infinite loop
+
 ## [0.2.5] - 2016-04-11
 ### Added
   - Basic tests running against DerbyDB
diff --git a/lib/logstash/outputs/jdbc.rb b/lib/logstash/outputs/jdbc.rb
index 198ed12..7009756 100644
--- a/lib/logstash/outputs/jdbc.rb
+++ b/lib/logstash/outputs/jdbc.rb
@@ -277,12 +277,12 @@ class LogStash::Outputs::Jdbc < LogStash::Outputs::Base
     statement
   end
 
-  def log_jdbc_exception(e)
-    ce = e
+  def log_jdbc_exception(exception)
+    current_exception = exception
     loop do
-      @logger.error("JDBC Exception encountered: Will automatically retry.", :exception => ce)
-      ce = e.getNextException()
-      break if ce == nil
+      @logger.error("JDBC Exception encountered: Will automatically retry.", :exception => current_exception)
+      current_exception = current_exception.getNextException()
+      break if current_exception == nil
     end
   end
 end # class LogStash::Outputs::jdbc
diff --git a/logstash-output-jdbc.gemspec b/logstash-output-jdbc.gemspec
index f2c67f8..d6df8d5 100644
--- a/logstash-output-jdbc.gemspec
+++ b/logstash-output-jdbc.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = 'logstash-output-jdbc'
-  s.version = "0.2.6.rc1"
+  s.version = "0.2.6"
   s.licenses = [ "Apache License (2.0)" ]
   s.summary = "This plugin allows you to output to SQL, via JDBC"
   s.description = "This gem is a logstash plugin required to be installed on top of the Logstash core pipeline using $LS_HOME/bin/plugin install gemname. This gem is not a stand-alone program"