diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d6be0b09ba..e8b1ad0dd6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 # Changes
 
+## [2.6.0](https://github.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-ui/compare/2.5.0...2.6.0) (2022-07-26)
+
+### Features
+
+* add confirmation when changing a value in the project settings ([#1922](https://github.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-ui/issues/1922), [#1945](https://github.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-ui/issues/1945))
+* add visibility tooltip on the project card ([#1916](https://github.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-ui/issues/1916), [#1940](https://github.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-ui/issues/1940))
+* add support for mermaid format in markdown view ([#1807](https://github.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-ui/issues/1807), [#1941](https://github.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-ui/issues/1941))
+* update layout: buttons, cards, font, colors ([#1885](https://github.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-ui/issues/1885), [#1953](https://github.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-ui/issues/1953))
+* include renku social media links in landing page ([#1923](https://github.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-ui/issues/1923), [#1938](https://github.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-ui/issues/1938))
+* update cheatsheet ([#1961](https://github.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-ui/issues/1961))
+
+
+### BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* requires renku >= 0.15.0
+
 ## [2.5.0](https://github.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-ui/compare/2.4.1...2.5.0) (2022-07-01)
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/client/package-lock.json b/client/package-lock.json
index 07950121a5..b99fd696aa 100644
--- a/client/package-lock.json
+++ b/client/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "renku-ui",
-  "version": "2.5.0",
+  "version": "2.6.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "renku-ui",
-      "version": "2.5.0",
+      "version": "2.6.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@ckeditor/ckeditor5-react": "^2.1.0",
         "@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core": "^1.2.35",
diff --git a/client/package.json b/client/package.json
index 1846ab5568..62bad50df7 100644
--- a/client/package.json
+++ b/client/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "renku-ui",
-  "version": "2.5.0",
+  "version": "2.6.0",
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
     "@ckeditor/ckeditor5-react": "^2.1.0",
diff --git a/helm-chart/renku-ui/Chart.yaml b/helm-chart/renku-ui/Chart.yaml
index 32586ba9dd..54a174ee86 100644
--- a/helm-chart/renku-ui/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/renku-ui/Chart.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ appVersion: '1.0'
 description: A Helm chart for the Renku UI
 name: renku-ui
 icon: https://github.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-sphinx-theme/raw/master/renku_sphinx_theme/static/favicon.png
-version: 2.5.0
+version: 2.6.0
diff --git a/helm-chart/renku-ui/values.yaml b/helm-chart/renku-ui/values.yaml
index c1bac2f655..2f255157c5 100644
--- a/helm-chart/renku-ui/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/renku-ui/values.yaml
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ global:
     existingSecret: redis-secret
     existingSecretPasswordKey: redis-password
 
-client: 
+client:
   replicaCount: 1
 
   image:
     repository: renku/renku-ui
-    tag: "2.5.0"
+    tag: "2.6.0"
     pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 
     ## Optionally specify an array of imagePullSecrets.
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ server:
 
   image:
     repository: renku/renku-ui-server
-    tag: "2.5.0"
+    tag: "2.6.0"
     pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 
   imagePullSecrets: []
diff --git a/server/package-lock.json b/server/package-lock.json
index ff16992663..3b44f3000a 100644
--- a/server/package-lock.json
+++ b/server/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "renku-ui-server",
-  "version": "2.5.0",
+  "version": "2.6.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/server/package.json b/server/package.json
index 3022d15161..e7a9c5e132 100644
--- a/server/package.json
+++ b/server/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "renku-ui-server",
-  "version": "2.5.0",
+  "version": "2.6.0",
   "description": "Server for renku API",
   "private": true,
   "main": "dist/index.js",