diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+### [0.2.6](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-cloudformation-controller-for-flux/compare/v0.2.5...v0.2.6) (2023-06-06)
+
 ### [0.2.5](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-cloudformation-controller-for-flux/compare/v0.2.4...v0.2.5) (2023-05-30)
 
 ### [0.2.4](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-cloudformation-controller-for-flux/compare/v0.2.3...v0.2.4) (2023-05-16)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
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-0.2.5
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+0.2.6
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