diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7dadb5c1..b4ebec20 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.2.6](https://github.com/nvim-neorg/tree-sitter-norg/compare/v0.2.5...v0.2.6) (2024-08-22)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* supply `CXX` variable properly ([1aab69c](https://github.com/nvim-neorg/tree-sitter-norg/commit/1aab69c95bd9d5e7c0e172ecbe5d29bcf5834612))
+
 ## [0.2.5](https://github.com/nvim-neorg/tree-sitter-norg/compare/v0.2.4...v0.2.5) (2024-08-22)
 
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1784c0f6..283aed51 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "tree-sitter-norg"
 description = "norg grammar for the tree-sitter parsing library"
-version = "0.2.5"
+version = "0.2.6"
 keywords = ["incremental", "parsing", "norg"]
 categories = ["parsing", "text-editors"]
 repository = "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-norg"