diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ca00626086..8c2a118b1c 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-61.1
\ No newline at end of file
+62.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/data/com.usebottles.bottles.metainfo.xml.in.in b/data/com.usebottles.bottles.metainfo.xml.in.in
index b7403224b3..aa49de495c 100644
--- a/data/com.usebottles.bottles.metainfo.xml.in.in
+++ b/data/com.usebottles.bottles.metainfo.xml.in.in
@@ -85,6 +85,22 @@
     <display_length compare="ge">768</display_length>
   </requires>
   <releases>
+    <release version="62.0" date="2026-02-16">
+      <description translate="no">
+        <ul>
+          <li>Fix: Detect GPUs categorized as Display controller</li>
+          <li>Allow adding valid system environment variable names</li>
+          <li>Fix: Flatpak devel build bottles-cli functionality</li>
+          <li>Fix: Daily donation nag screen</li>
+          <li>Add support for the Dynamic Launcher portal</li>
+          <li>Provide progress information on backup and restore</li>
+          <li>FSR: Only set in Gamescope (remove Wine FSR)</li>
+          <li>Code cleanups, including removal of redundant 'finally' blocks</li>
+          <li>Updated translations from Hosted Weblate</li>
+          <li>General bug fixes and improvements</li>
+        </ul>
+      </description>
+    </release>
     <release version="61.1" date="2026-01-25">
       <description translate="no">
         <ul>
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d361a74928..eaf5d8fef0 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project(
 	'bottles',
-	version: '61.1',
+	version: '62.0',
 	meson_version: '>= 1.5.0',
 	default_options: [
 		'warning_level=2',