diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f15247b53f..527fd18da5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v2.6.3 - 2024-11-TODO
+
+### Fixes
+- CLI: Fix exception for `verdi plugin list` (#6560) [[c3b10b7]](https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/commit/c3b10b759a9cd062800ef120591d5c7fd0ae4ee7)
+- `DirectScheduler`: Ensure killing child processes (#6572) [[fddffca]](https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/commit/fddffca67b4f7e3b76b19df7db8e1511c449d2d9)   
+- Engine: Fix state change broadcast before process node is updated  (#6580) [[867353c]](https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/commit/867353c415c61d94a2427d5225dd5224a1b95fb9)
+
+
 ## v2.6.2 - 2024-08-07
 
 ### Fixes
diff --git a/src/aiida/__init__.py b/src/aiida/__init__.py
index 5e3f19672d..8f1333b2d3 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__ = '2.6.2'
+__version__ = '2.6.3'
 __authors__ = 'The AiiDA team.'
 __paper__ = (
     'S. P. Huber et al., "AiiDA 1.0, a scalable computational infrastructure for automated reproducible workflows and '