diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1256f88820f851fe542954a44d333740f73013f5..654ea43734a15fd5559e3d2cbd476ff41e22350b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [2.6.0](https://git.astron.nl/astron-sdc/design-system/compare/v2.5.0...v2.6.0) (2024-04-10)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Make alert dom removal optional ([30ad616](https://git.astron.nl/astron-sdc/design-system/commit/30ad616bc73ead17feabe378a74e5c1339717610))
+
 # [2.5.0](https://git.astron.nl/astron-sdc/design-system/compare/v2.4.0...v2.5.0) (2024-04-10)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index eec9499cf6223b763642d169faa8963cf354989f..f974b60bfb71ffc2eb2e16aa0beaa2cbdb241fa3 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@astron-sdc/design-system",
-  "version": "2.5.0",
+  "version": "2.6.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@astron-sdc/design-system",
-      "version": "2.5.0",
+      "version": "2.6.0",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@commitlint/cli": "^18.2.0",
         "@commitlint/config-conventional": "^18.1.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a753efaed67e07f1a624949d161bd01b028970b8..8dd6e63f9fe7b1c6bdc6f72e5a8293c7926b1e92 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@astron-sdc/design-system",
-  "version": "2.5.0",
+  "version": "2.6.0",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "./dist/astron-design-system.cjs",
   "module": "./dist/astron-design-system.es.js",