diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -1,5 +1,34 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v2.6.2 - 2024-08-07
+
+### Fixes
+- `LocalTransport`: Fix typo for `ignore_nonexisting` in `put` (#6471) [[ecda558d0]](https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/commit/ecda558d08c5608880308f69a21c05fe918be89f)
+- CLI: `verdi computer test` report correct failed tests (#6536) [[9c3f2bb58]](https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/commit/9c3f2bb589f1a6cc920ed2fbf0627924d8fce954)
+- CLI: Fix `verdi storage migrate` for profile without broker (#6550) [[389fc487d]](https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/commit/389fc487d092c2e34713d228e38c8164608bab2d)
+- CLI: Fix bug `verdi presto` when tab-completing without config (#6535) [[efcf75e40]](https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/commit/efcf75e405dcef8ca8c51b19d6262ca81f4413c3)
+- Engine: Change signature of `set_process_state_change_timestamp` [[923fd9f6e]](https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/commit/923fd9f6ec3cb39b8985ac149985046e720438f8)
+- Engine: Ensure node is sealed when process excepts (#6549) [[e3ed9a2f3]](https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/commit/e3ed9a2f3bf84e72cdc4c90e21494dc2b9c1cd56)
+- Engine: Fix bug in upload calculation for `PortableCode` with SSH (#6519) [[740ae2040]](https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/commit/740ae20408e4e3047c26c91221de5b96b8d7afbe)
+- Engine: Ignore failing process state change for `core.sqlite_dos` [[fb4f9815f]](https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/commit/fb4f9815fbd3bfe053cc0d1e3abb5b86bbc9dffd)
+
+### Dependencies
+- Pin requirement to minor version `sphinx~=7.2.0` (#6527) [[25cb73188]](https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/commit/25cb731880d45045773f7674fee9367d792aeda9)
+
+### Documentation
+- Add `PluggableSchemaValidator` to nitpick exceptions (#6515) [[0ce3c0025]](https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/commit/0ce3c0025384e95006d43e98da2a96b2cfadde70)
+- Add `robots.txt` to only allow indexing of `latest` and `stable` (#6517) [[a492e3492]](https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/commit/a492e349288ee90896193575edf319c2b7ea4c85)
+- Add succint overview of limitations of no-services profile [[d7ca5657b]](https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/commit/d7ca5657b0dec83cb8a440d0b8e11c9c84e38149)
+- Correct signature of `get_daemon_client` example snippet (#6554) [[92d391658]](https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/commit/92d391658e5e92113ad9a32d61444e23342ee0ae)
+- Fix typo in pytest plugins codeblock (#6513) [[eb23688fe]](https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/commit/eb23688febacb5b828d0f45ebdeedee65d0c00fe)
+- Move limitations warning to top of quick install [[493e529a7]](https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/commit/493e529a7aec052f81d1bbfed33e5b44db9434e2)
+- Remove note in installation guide regarding Python requirement [[9aa2044e4]](https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/commit/9aa2044e4ce665d64bb3a1c26f166512287aa28b)
+- Update `redirects.txt` for installation pages (#6509) [[508a9fb2a]](https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/commit/508a9fb2a7f6eb6f31b40b3f28d13c96f7875503)
+
+### Devops
+- Fix pymatgen import causing mypy to fail (#6540) [[813374fe1]](https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/commit/813374fe1ee003c8c05f9aa191147ec928dfa918)
+
+
 ## v2.6.1 - 2024-07-01
 
 ### Fixes:
diff --git a/src/aiida/__init__.py b/src/aiida/__init__.py
index 8e86350e40..743c5009ab 100644
--- a/src/aiida/__init__.py
+++ b/src/aiida/__init__.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     'For further information please visit http://www.aiida.net/. All rights reserved.'
 )
 __license__ = 'MIT license, see LICENSE.txt file.'
-__version__ = '2.6.1.post0'
+__version__ = '2.6.2.post0'
 __authors__ = 'The AiiDA team.'
 __paper__ = (
     'S. P. Huber et al., "AiiDA 1.0, a scalable computational infrastructure for automated reproducible workflows and '