diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c0607ac..ea3732e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [v2.6.0](https://github.com/ansible-community/molecule-hetznercloud/releases/tag/v2.6.0)
+
+### Features
+
+- set server-type default to cx23 (#198)
+
 ## [v2.5.0](https://github.com/ansible-community/molecule-hetznercloud/releases/tag/v2.5.0)
 
 While this release drops support for older versions of molecule, users may still use them. We only stopped testing the older versions of molecule in our CI.
diff --git a/molecule_hetznercloud/_version.py b/molecule_hetznercloud/_version.py
index 3f2e8eb..206817e 100644
--- a/molecule_hetznercloud/_version.py
+++ b/molecule_hetznercloud/_version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-__version__ = "2.5.0"  # x-releaser-pleaser-version
+__version__ = "2.6.0"  # x-releaser-pleaser-version
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 272553e..31dd8c3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="molecule-hetznercloud",
-    version="2.5.0",  # x-releaser-pleaser-version
+    version="2.6.0",  # x-releaser-pleaser-version
     keywords="ansible molecule driver hcloud hetzner cloud testing",
     description="Molecule driver for Hetzner Cloud",
     long_description=readme,