diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index fe26bee..511dd51 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.5.1"
+  ".": "2.6.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 30796cf..379eb2e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [2.6.0](https://github.com/passageidentity/passage-python/compare/v2.5.1...v2.6.0) (2024-12-12)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add new method signatures ([#105](https://github.com/passageidentity/passage-python/issues/105)) ([9246e3c](https://github.com/passageidentity/passage-python/commit/9246e3c8ec65eaa810cc881fb16ed0c75550fa51))
+* add parameter guards to all methods to return early on invalid values ([83cd628](https://github.com/passageidentity/passage-python/commit/83cd6283c6b6df092a40e18818a3076261682ac3))
+* **codegen:** create magic link request fields are now optional ([#115](https://github.com/passageidentity/passage-python/issues/115)) ([b1f164b](https://github.com/passageidentity/passage-python/commit/b1f164bf00bbbebdf50dfe6a6e45510098fe4eec))
+* guard against empty params in deprecated magic link method ([f168b8c](https://github.com/passageidentity/passage-python/commit/f168b8cd7e80557c304837ce0b65e4c3323445d6))
+* updates create_magic_link method to use stronger typed parameters ([83cd628](https://github.com/passageidentity/passage-python/commit/83cd6283c6b6df092a40e18818a3076261682ac3))
+
 ## [2.5.1] - 2024-10-23
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d6ea92c..3796820 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="passage-identity",
-    version="2.5.1",
+    version="2.6.0",
     author="Passage by 1Password",
     author_email="support@passage.id",
     description=(