diff --git a/RELEASENOTES.md b/RELEASENOTES.md
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 # Azure Monitor Metrics for AKS clusters
 
+## Release 01-22-2026
+* Linux image - `mcr.microsoft.com/azuremonitor/containerinsights/ciprod/prometheus-collector/images:<tbd>`
+* Windows image - `mcr.microsoft.com/azuremonitor/containerinsights/ciprod/prometheus-collector/images:<tbd>-win`
+* TA image - `mcr.microsoft.com/azuremonitor/containerinsights/ciprod/prometheus-collector/images:<tbd>-targetallocator`
+* cfg sidecar image - `mcr.microsoft.com/azuremonitor/containerinsights/ciprod/prometheus-collector/images:<tbd>-cfg`
+* AKS and Arc Container Images : 
+  + Add pdb for prometheus collector replicaset (https://github.com/Azure/prometheus-collector/pull/1331)
+  + build(deps): bump k8s.io/client-go from 0.34.0 to 0.34.2 in /otelcollector/fluent-bit/src (https://github.com/Azure/prometheus-collector/pull/1346)
+  + build(deps): bump github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 from 5.2.1 to 5.2.2 in /otelcollector/test/ginkgo-e2e/utils (https://github.com/Azure/prometheus-collector/pull/1266)
+  + build(deps): bump github.com/docker/docker from 28.3.0+incompatible to 28.3.3+incompatible in /otelcollector/test/ginkgo-e2e/configprocessing (https://github.com/Azure/prometheus-collector/pull/1348)
+  + build(deps): Upgrade otelcollector to v0.142.0 (https://github.com/Azure/prometheus-collector/pull/1388)
+  + fix: manifest list issue on arm host, testkube golang version upgrade, disable window python ref app due to pypi.org (https://github.com/Azure/prometheus-collector/pull/1390)
+
+* Pipeline/Docs/Templates Updates:
+  + fix: fix config test command (https://github.com/Azure/prometheus-collector/pull/1350)
+  + fix: bicep fixes (https://github.com/Azure/prometheus-collector/pull/1359)
+  + Fix doc for backdoor testing (https://github.com/Azure/prometheus-collector/pull/1361)c
+  + test: support sequential cluster deployment (https://github.com/Azure/prometheus-collector/pull/1349)
+  + test: Testkube workflow migration (https://github.com/Azure/prometheus-collector/pull/1392)
+
 ## Release 11-13-2025
 * Linux image - `mcr.microsoft.com/azuremonitor/containerinsights/ciprod/prometheus-collector/images:6.24.1-main-11-14-2025-15146744`
 * Windows image - `mcr.microsoft.com/azuremonitor/containerinsights/ciprod/prometheus-collector/images:6.24.1-main-11-14-2025-15146744-win`
diff --git a/otelcollector/VERSION b/otelcollector/VERSION
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-6.24.1
+6.24.2