diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index fd643bd5..6fcfcbf9 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "hooks/openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry": "0.2.0",
-  "providers/openfeature-provider-flagd": "0.2.5",
+  "providers/openfeature-provider-flagd": "0.2.6",
   "providers/openfeature-provider-ofrep": "0.1.1",
   "providers/openfeature-provider-flipt": "0.1.3",
   "providers/openfeature-provider-env-var": "0.1.0"
diff --git a/providers/openfeature-provider-flagd/CHANGELOG.md b/providers/openfeature-provider-flagd/CHANGELOG.md
index 9f5a97ff..97d742b5 100644
--- a/providers/openfeature-provider-flagd/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/providers/openfeature-provider-flagd/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.2.6](https://github.com/open-feature/python-sdk-contrib/compare/openfeature-provider-flagd/v0.2.5...openfeature-provider-flagd/v0.2.6) (2025-07-22)
+
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+* **flagd:** Add upperbound to protobuf version to reduce potential conflict with other version ([5ad2896](https://github.com/open-feature/python-sdk-contrib/commit/5ad289683a0d9128a53d142d2804f9fffb9dd36f))
+* **flagd:** adjust flagd to updated error codes ([#285](https://github.com/open-feature/python-sdk-contrib/issues/285)) ([64d755b](https://github.com/open-feature/python-sdk-contrib/commit/64d755b869a076216a91b2d409b1ba5d627ebe08))
+* **flagd:** fix protobuf version for file generation to lowest 5.x version ([#280](https://github.com/open-feature/python-sdk-contrib/issues/280)) ([5ad2896](https://github.com/open-feature/python-sdk-contrib/commit/5ad289683a0d9128a53d142d2804f9fffb9dd36f))
+
 ## [0.2.5](https://github.com/open-feature/python-sdk-contrib/compare/openfeature-provider-flagd/v0.2.4...openfeature-provider-flagd/v0.2.5) (2025-07-08)
 
 
diff --git a/providers/openfeature-provider-flagd/pyproject.toml b/providers/openfeature-provider-flagd/pyproject.toml
index 02c188e3..9cf0f823 100644
--- a/providers/openfeature-provider-flagd/pyproject.toml
+++ b/providers/openfeature-provider-flagd/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "openfeature-provider-flagd"
-version = "0.2.5"
+version = "0.2.6"
 description = "OpenFeature provider for the flagd flag evaluation engine"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [{ name = "OpenFeature", email = "openfeature-core@groups.io" }]