diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 0bd1b03..69e82f1 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.5.1"
+  ".": "2.6.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6e0ff95..da194db 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,29 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.6.0](https://github.com/lmnt-com/lmnt-python/compare/v2.5.1...v2.6.0) (2026-05-09)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **api:** regenerate for LMNT API 1.1 ([e1c0cb2](https://github.com/lmnt-com/lmnt-python/commit/e1c0cb22c68bee0abda341d3879277b74324ed98))
+* **api:** speech session improvements for API 1.1 ([04ce21e](https://github.com/lmnt-com/lmnt-python/commit/04ce21eefeae58c1081ebedb8f52527a41e77220))
+
+
+### Chores
+
+* bump nox and use session.run_install for uv sync ([74c4425](https://github.com/lmnt-com/lmnt-python/commit/74c4425f6a1c3ebc9c0c835cb04890889c650f44))
+* drop pydantic v1 support ([104c7f7](https://github.com/lmnt-com/lmnt-python/commit/104c7f7897439852fbc2c2e82d4b562948fd342b))
+* drop unused pydantic BaseModel import ([8c43e92](https://github.com/lmnt-com/lmnt-python/commit/8c43e92a6382ee4d737566bdadf81c71034ac5b6))
+* regenerate sdk ([8004007](https://github.com/lmnt-com/lmnt-python/commit/80040072ee6b3999123a8dbf07fb0713f63bc62f))
+* silence pyright on request_id field overrides and list narrowing ([f8bf9bd](https://github.com/lmnt-com/lmnt-python/commit/f8bf9bdddca2c50fb475ea8c06d8d3387b2ebb40))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* link LMNT API reference in README intro ([721854b](https://github.com/lmnt-com/lmnt-python/commit/721854b0acd967cc5217c4815a472665b71330bf))
+* refresh speech session descriptions ([3226e7a](https://github.com/lmnt-com/lmnt-python/commit/3226e7ad425aeb00c2289dfb49fe573acef55b7a))
+* streamline README and drop examples/ ([2d5b925](https://github.com/lmnt-com/lmnt-python/commit/2d5b925e5814b3fcc2219c749e3730d6d0cf926d))
+
 ## [2.5.1](https://github.com/lmnt-com/lmnt-python/compare/v2.5.0...v2.5.1) (2026-04-26)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2c28af8..9f14156 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "lmnt"
-version = "2.5.1"
+version = "2.6.0"
 description = "The official Python library for the LMNT API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/lmnt/_version.py b/src/lmnt/_version.py
index 3ba6946..0741bcc 100644
--- a/src/lmnt/_version.py
+++ b/src/lmnt/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Generated by carbonsteel. DO NOT EDIT.
 
 __title__ = "lmnt"
-__version__ = "2.5.1"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "2.6.0"  # x-release-please-version
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 2b089d5..d19fbc3 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lmnt"
-version = "2.5.1"
+version = "2.6.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "anyio" },