diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e3cae7f5af13..c673f6b8bf39 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,28 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.249.0](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/compare/v2.248.0...v2.249.0) (2026-06-29)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **experimentation:** support multi-status filter in frontend ([#7894](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/7894)) ([5545f43](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/5545f43db71b16a4350ba09e1e8e1c7cbcfe0be8))
+* **experimentation:** support multi-status filter on experiments list ([#7893](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/7893)) ([fc4a57f](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/fc4a57f453a687d40204765490b2d0ebd0c63b78))
+* freeze flag editing when flag is in a running experiment ([#7888](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/7888)) ([de2f911](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/de2f911afe9d43abc08d0cfef80d8c24fc6697f1))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* add regional base URL for Mixpanel ([#7802](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/7802)) ([1d1cc9c](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/1d1cc9c642ee6c3f9601fd46b0d76f3dae1c2073))
+* detect multivariate differences between environments ([#7635](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/7635)) ([68ff940](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/68ff940e7615130742d900e10f6bbdcdb9302bdb))
+* **features:** open feature slideout when deep link targets an off-page feature ([#7807](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/7807)) ([6fd31d7](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/6fd31d7bf2ec4521d1e8ddd6534d3439546236f3))
+* **project-settings:** add spacing between project name input and Update button when hasVariation is False ([#7882](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/7882)) ([ea52abb](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/ea52abb30a83102d8c0bcf0d22b90db9b66458e0))
+* **Utils:** add guard against null rule value in validateRule ([#7779](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/7779)) ([ff21200](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/ff21200a468667a7025df417acb08589f231ff8e))
+
+
+### Docs
+
+* [ImgBot] Optimize images ([#7860](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/7860)) ([51020e5](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/51020e515f4541b819f03c1b079a45dfd758e22b))
+
 ## [2.248.0](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/compare/v2.247.0...v2.248.0) (2026-06-26)
 
 
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 0c52ca6233db..6208291c3052 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.248.0
+2.249.0