diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-code.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-code.yml
index dfa3cc787c..a8d0cb9a08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-code.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-code.yml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
         AIIDA_WARN_v3: 1
       # Python 3.12 has a performance regression when running with code coverage
       # so run code coverage only for python 3.9.
-      run: pytest -v --db-backend psql -m 'not nightly' tests/ ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.9' && '--cov aiida' || '' }}
+      run: pytest --db-backend psql -m 'not nightly' tests/ ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.9' && '--cov aiida' || '' }}
 
     - name: Upload coverage report
       if: matrix.python-version == 3.9 && github.repository == 'aiidateam/aiida-core'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index 9217e534f8..84ed617125 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ jobs:
       id: tests
       env:
         AIIDA_WARN_v3: 0
-      run: pytest -sv --db-backend sqlite -m 'requires_rmq' tests/
+      run: pytest -s --db-backend sqlite -m 'requires_rmq' tests/
 
     - name: Slack notification
       # Always run this step (otherwise it would be skipped if any of the previous steps fail) but only if the
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 524a625afc..c47595baee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: ./.github/actions/install-aiida-core
 
     - name: Run sub-set of test suite
-      run: pytest -sv -m requires_rmq --db-backend=sqlite tests/
+      run: pytest -s -m requires_rmq --db-backend=sqlite tests/
 
   publish:
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-install.yml b/.github/workflows/test-install.yml
index 75371449bb..d315a50691 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-install.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-install.yml
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ jobs:
       env:
         AIIDA_TEST_PROFILE: test_aiida
         AIIDA_WARN_v3: 1
-      run: pytest -v --db-backend psql tests -m 'not nightly' tests/
+      run: pytest --db-backend psql tests -m 'not nightly' tests/
 
     - name: Freeze test environment
       run: pip freeze | sed '1d' | tee requirements-py-${{ matrix.python-version }}.txt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests_nightly.sh b/.github/workflows/tests_nightly.sh
index dbb1b92a8a..2712a5124e 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/tests_nightly.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests_nightly.sh
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ verdi -p test_aiida run ${SYSTEM_TESTS}/test_containerized_code.py
 bash ${SYSTEM_TESTS}/test_polish_workchains.sh
 verdi daemon stop
 
-AIIDA_TEST_PROFILE=test_aiida pytest -v --db-backend psql -m nightly tests/
+AIIDA_TEST_PROFILE=test_aiida pytest --db-backend psql -m nightly tests/
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ea3c843d8a..04327d7105 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v2.6.3 - 2024-11-6
+
+### Fixes
+- CLI: Fix exception for `verdi plugin list` (#6560) [[c3b10b7]](https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/commit/c3b10b759a9cd062800ef120591d5c7fd0ae4ee7)
+- `DirectScheduler`: Ensure killing child processes (#6572) [[fddffca]](https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/commit/fddffca67b4f7e3b76b19df7db8e1511c449d2d9)   
+- Engine: Fix state change broadcast before process node is updated  (#6580) [[867353c]](https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/commit/867353c415c61d94a2427d5225dd5224a1b95fb9)
+
+### Devops
+- Docker: Replace sleep with `s6-notifyoncheck` (#6475) [[9579378b]](https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/commit/9579378ba063237baa5b73380eb8e9f0a28529ee)
+- Fix failed docker CI using more reasoning grep regex to parse python version (#6581) [[332a4a91]](https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/commit/332a4a915771afedcb144463b012558e4669e529)
+- DevOps: Fix json query in reading the docker names to filter out fields not starting with aiida (#6573) [[e1467edc]](https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/commit/e1467edca902867e53605e0e60b67f8767bf8d3e)
+
+
 ## v2.6.2 - 2024-08-07
 
 ### Fixes
@@ -31,7 +44,7 @@
 
 ## v2.6.1 - 2024-07-01
 
-### Fixes:
+### Fixes
 - Fixtures: Make `pgtest` truly an optional dependency [[9fe8fd2e0]](https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/commit/9fe8fd2e0b88e746ee2156eccb71b7adbab6b2c5)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6b3f630e1a..7a884cc1f8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ runaiida = 'aiida.cmdline.commands.cmd_run:run'
 verdi = 'aiida.cmdline.commands.cmd_verdi:verdi'
 
 [project.urls]
+Changelog = 'https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md'
 Documentation = 'https://aiida.readthedocs.io'
 Home = 'http://www.aiida.net/'
 Source = 'https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core'