diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 54875df4..9365e951 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.6.0](https://github.com/googlemaps/js-markerclusterer/compare/v2.5.4...v2.6.0) (2025-01-31)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* replaced fast-deep-equal with fast-equals ([#893](https://github.com/googlemaps/js-markerclusterer/issues/893)) ([b3915fb](https://github.com/googlemaps/js-markerclusterer/commit/b3915fb9a4dec6f65bfba3612e66849b56bdda98))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* update dependencies, fix typescript issues, repair tests ([#819](https://github.com/googlemaps/js-markerclusterer/issues/819)) ([e554366](https://github.com/googlemaps/js-markerclusterer/commit/e554366ba3960530dfed939a45d84d934cd3f3fc))
+* update README to template ([#933](https://github.com/googlemaps/js-markerclusterer/issues/933)) ([ee38056](https://github.com/googlemaps/js-markerclusterer/commit/ee38056616fc8dd41b9a163d60f7e6b98f9ac920))
+
 ## [2.5.4](https://github.com/googlemaps/js-markerclusterer/compare/v2.5.3...v2.5.4) (2024-07-26)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 11ead924..6a3fd662 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@googlemaps/markerclusterer",
-  "version": "2.5.4",
+  "version": "2.6.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@googlemaps/markerclusterer",
-      "version": "2.5.4",
+      "version": "2.6.0",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "fast-equals": "^5.2.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 108a0321..cd84c510 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@googlemaps/markerclusterer",
-  "version": "2.5.4",
+  "version": "2.6.0",
   "description": "Creates and manages per-zoom-level clusters for large amounts of markers.",
   "keywords": [
     "cluster",