Tag new Release 0.2.6

[philippzagar]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Related to all Pull Requests that have been merged since November 2023, especially #150 (comment). Multiple people have already requested to tag a new release

Describe the solution you'd like
Tag a new 0.2.6 release in GitHub, enabling proper semantic versioning.

Describe alternatives you've considered
Forking the repo within our private GitHub organization, which is suboptimal, especially longer-term.

Additional context