diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 83b97355..cb2e909f 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 2.5.0
+current_version = 2.6.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index 4d500ada..5e5a2a55 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@
 
 - Changed parameter inspection to raise the same error messages as other pathways for missing kernel name and language
 
+## 2.6.0
+
+- bring back strip_color and remove ANSI color codes from exception traceback [#791](https://github.com/nteract/papermill/pull/791)
+- cleaned up documentation [#790](https://github.com/nteract/papermill/pull/790)
+- prevent error override, fix traceback type [#788](https://github.com/nteract/papermill/pull/788)
+- Upgrade tests to moto v5 [#779](https://github.com/nteract/papermill/pull/779)
+- raise PapermillExecutionError when CellExecutionError is raised without cell error output [#786](https://github.com/nteract/papermill/pull/786)
+- make progress_bar param accept a dict [#778](https://github.com/nteract/papermill/pull/778)
+- Fix nbformat to 5.2.0 to cell None type [#770](https://github.com/nteract/papermill/pull/770)
+- Use f-strings where possible [#762](https://github.com/nteract/papermill/pull/762)
+- Unmark wheel as universal [#764](https://github.com/nteract/papermill/pull/764)
+
 ## 2.5.0
 
 - Added support for python 3.11 and 3.12 [PR #733](https://github.com/nteract/papermill/pull/733)
diff --git a/papermill/version.py b/papermill/version.py
index 3d98bc1d..e7426207 100644
--- a/papermill/version.py
+++ b/papermill/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = '2.5.0'
+version = '2.6.0'