diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 78baf5b..69e82f1 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.5.0"
+  ".": "2.6.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 091aa3c..bf3d2b0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.6.0](https://github.com/Vonage/cloud-runtime-cli/compare/v2.5.0...v2.6.0) (2026-05-21)
+
+
+### 🚀 Features
+
+* **app:** add vcr app remove command [APIAPEX-2823] ([#82](https://github.com/Vonage/cloud-runtime-cli/issues/82)) ([4f861f4](https://github.com/Vonage/cloud-runtime-cli/commit/4f861f4ff497acac9213f6cf6ca5d68dd3f2b83a))
+
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+* use active product version ([d53d198](https://github.com/Vonage/cloud-runtime-cli/commit/d53d19868fd0222753d30a35abf850123690c015))
+
 ## [2.5.0](https://github.com/Vonage/cloud-runtime-cli/compare/v2.4.0...v2.5.0) (2026-05-13)