diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 98e433fe3..46f57bd0f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ NodeGit
 
 [![Gitter](https://badges.gitter.im/Join Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/nodegit/nodegit?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
 
-**Stable: 0.2.5**
+**Stable: 0.2.6**
 
 ## Maintained by ##
 Tim Branyen [@tbranyen](http://twitter.com/tbranyen), John Haley [@johnhaley81](http://twitter.com/johnhaley81), and Max Korp [@maxkorp](http://twitter.com/MaximilianoKorp) with help from [awesome contributors](https://github.com/nodegit/nodegit/contributors)!
diff --git a/install.js b/install.js
index d270f9de8..02193e29e 100644
--- a/install.js
+++ b/install.js
@@ -103,13 +103,14 @@ function compile(err) {
     console.info("[nodegit] Failed to install prebuilt, attempting compile.");
   }
 
-  tar = require("tar");
-  request = require("request");
-
   console.info("[nodegit] Installing all devDependencies");
   return exec("npm install --ignore-scripts --dont-prepublish")
     .then(function() {
       console.info("[nodegit] Determining source dependencies.");
+
+      tar = require("tar");
+      request = require("request");
+
       return Promise.all([
         python(),
         getVendorLib("libgit2", "https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/tarball/" + pkg.libgit2.sha),
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1ee55df9f..cc2afe380 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "nodegit",
   "description": "Node.js libgit2 asynchronous native bindings",
-  "version": "0.2.5",
+  "version": "0.2.6",
   "libgit2": {
     "sha": "bce9484813ad6aa3d365b11d5f6171e7f33cbbc5",
     "version": "0.21.4"