diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 6420d692eaf0..d9516bf6b5a4 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.205.8"
+  ".": "2.206.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0e938a90fd13..f08337ccc845 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.206.0](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/compare/v2.205.8...v2.206.0) (2026-01-07)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **deploy:** add SDK service to ECS deployment pipeline ([#6484](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/6484)) ([253d232](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/253d2320f6a30a81977a2e5bb8da8d6b9b523982))
+* re-fetch features on page focus ([#6483](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/6483)) ([2544ca0](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/2544ca094a80e7f295e905685b6b652a319b854e))
+
 ## [2.205.8](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/compare/v2.205.7...v2.205.8) (2026-01-06)
 
 
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index ae634f212d2a..a52928e4bdfe 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.205.8
+2.206.0