diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 461d94a..954b159 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.2.5"
+  ".": "0.2.6"
 }
diff --git a/.version.txt b/.version.txt
index 3a4036f..53a75d6 100644
--- a/.version.txt
+++ b/.version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.2.5
+0.2.6
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ff4b904..5bf1c08 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.2.6](https://github.com/rubyists/leopard/compare/v0.2.5...v0.2.6) (2026-04-21)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add nats_jetstream_consumer to provide the feature requested in issue [#44](https://github.com/rubyists/leopard/issues/44) ([#45](https://github.com/rubyists/leopard/issues/45)) ([9372aa4](https://github.com/rubyists/leopard/commit/9372aa4ce59b130e7143905ce5e8065519778861))
+
 ## [0.2.5](https://github.com/rubyists/leopard/compare/v0.2.4...v0.2.5) (2026-04-16)
 
 
diff --git a/lib/leopard/version.rb b/lib/leopard/version.rb
index 7c6b29e..cb6b985 100644
--- a/lib/leopard/version.rb
+++ b/lib/leopard/version.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 module Rubyists
   module Leopard
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    VERSION = '0.2.5'
+    VERSION = '0.2.6'
     # x-release-please-end
   end
 end