diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 322965e0a58d..b3ba3bb45baf 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.261.0"
+  ".": "2.262.0"
 }
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2f78baf53809..7e6faa5d19d9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.262.0](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/compare/v2.261.0...v2.262.0) (2026-08-03)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **ds:** add Link for navigation ([#8179](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/8179)) ([dc7f354](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/dc7f3544498e63bf810b0cea99d275c133b3c4b2))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **Multivariate:** API accepts multivariate percentage splits over 100% ([#8151](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/8151)) ([fc33002](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/fc33002f81a47c932a34bde09f8f2da50d6e8369))
+
+
+### Refactoring
+
+* **styles:** semantic colors on links ([#8181](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/8181)) ([fce1bcd](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/fce1bcdf17153333b5f5fda5bce657a150d9592f))
+
 ## [2.261.0](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/compare/v2.260.0...v2.261.0) (2026-07-31)
 
 
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 85db46a02f4f..93c284c977ab 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.261.0
+2.262.0