diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index f293b79..511dd51 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.5.4"
+  ".": "2.6.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..207d455
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## [2.6.0](https://github.com/lgdd/liferay-starter/compare/v2.5.4...v2.6.0) (2024-04-16)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add 7.4 support ([6a5f448](https://github.com/lgdd/liferay-starter/commit/6a5f448f88196f543efd71075d203321c23a40e7))
+* **theme:** add support for classic template ([6713e28](https://github.com/lgdd/liferay-starter/commit/6713e2830962123f73da66e8d8b4461297e6de00))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **ci:** build uber jar for github release ([214e51c](https://github.com/lgdd/liferay-starter/commit/214e51c5fa85bc808e3c3576f73bd764961f0eae))
+* **ci:** dockerfile path syntax error ([976284f](https://github.com/lgdd/liferay-starter/commit/976284fffe67779022df2c19fee500d93a5ad426))
+* **ci:** missing condition for release ([852e2b5](https://github.com/lgdd/liferay-starter/commit/852e2b553244d5c1c9d71bc44f24ef43be3cb4d1))
+* **ci:** specify file for docker builds ([a3fc4ca](https://github.com/lgdd/liferay-starter/commit/a3fc4ca370256f053c8d930a9a8e2b9728916ba1))
+* docker images ([3f03e99](https://github.com/lgdd/liferay-starter/commit/3f03e99a7614d5e647f3879e6c3bdbb9510feed5))
+* service builder gradle goals ([4cc8a3b](https://github.com/lgdd/liferay-starter/commit/4cc8a3b2e1fcf760ae0b01c8ff3dc5d08b3d91cd))
+* **theme:** broken generation for 7.4 ([2e7b854](https://github.com/lgdd/liferay-starter/commit/2e7b854d89a7c820ed00d6af80579541a0db3647))
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 74dce4d..b979fee 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
-<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.github.lgdd.liferay.starter</groupId>
   <artifactId>liferay-starter</artifactId>
-  <version>2.5.4</version>
+  <version>2.6.0</version>
 
   <properties>
     <commons-compress.version>1.26.1</commons-compress.version>