diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 78baf5bf9..69e82f12f 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.5.0"
+  ".": "2.6.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 78b48dcf9..1b4b1fc30 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.6.0](https://github.com/descope/node-sdk/compare/v2.5.0...v2.6.0) (2026-05-17)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* license handshake and x-descope-license header ([#730](https://github.com/descope/node-sdk/issues/730)) ([826feaa](https://github.com/descope/node-sdk/commit/826feaa89baf5f51daf300efcbb42557bfba83f8))
+
 ## [2.5.0](https://github.com/descope/node-sdk/compare/v2.4.0...v2.5.0) (2026-04-30)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 49095be70..e2a9b2dfd 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@descope/node-sdk",
-  "version": "2.5.0",
+  "version": "2.6.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@descope/node-sdk",
-      "version": "2.5.0",
+      "version": "2.6.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@descope/core-js-sdk": "^2.58.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0252b6fda..1c78c8bd4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@descope/node-sdk",
-  "version": "2.5.0",
+  "version": "2.6.0",
   "description": "Node.js library used to integrate with Descope",
   "typings": "./dist/index.d.ts",
   "main": "dist/cjs/index.cjs.js",