diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 69e82f1..8ff2f5e 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.6.0"
+  ".": "2.6.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bf3d2b0..0e01a61 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.6.1](https://github.com/Vonage/cloud-runtime-cli/compare/v2.6.0...v2.6.1) (2026-09-10)
+
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+* **deploy:** improve build-watch timeout and cancellation error reporting ([#94](https://github.com/Vonage/cloud-runtime-cli/issues/94)) ([f4b9df0](https://github.com/Vonage/cloud-runtime-cli/commit/f4b9df09e4c6f347dfa4d2637cf122e5a15934f5))
+
 ## [2.6.0](https://github.com/Vonage/cloud-runtime-cli/compare/v2.5.0...v2.6.0) (2026-05-21)