diff --git a/.release-please.manifest.json b/.release-please.manifest.json
index d7b2548..7050b0a 100644
--- a/.release-please.manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please.manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.0.0-alpha.5"
+  ".": "2.0.0-alpha.6"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5c93f65..823ae5c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.0.0-alpha.6](https://github.com/copick/copick-utils/compare/copick-utils-v2.0.0-alpha.5...copick-utils-v2.0.0-alpha.6) (2026-10-16)
+
+
+### ⚙ Continuous Integration
+
+* v2.0 release PR titles without the branch scope ([#124](https://github.com/copick/copick-utils/issues/124)) ([216204f](https://github.com/copick/copick-utils/commit/216204f62a32baccde773fadda34e826b77e278d))
+
 ## [2.0.0-alpha.5](https://github.com/copick/copick-utils/compare/copick-utils-v2.0.0-alpha.4...copick-utils-v2.0.0-alpha.5) (2026-10-06)
 
 
diff --git a/src/copick_utils/__init__.py b/src/copick_utils/__init__.py
index 8b673c8..56dd01f 100644
--- a/src/copick_utils/__init__.py
+++ b/src/copick_utils/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024-present Kyle Harrington <czi@kyleharrington.com>
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-__version__ = "2.0.0-alpha.5"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "2.0.0-alpha.6"  # x-release-please-version