diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5733ebd36..62c060c69 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-bigtable/#history
 
+## [2.6.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigtable/compare/v2.5.2...v2.6.0) (2022-02-26)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add WarmAndPing request for channel priming ([#504](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigtable/issues/504)) ([df5fc1f](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigtable/commit/df5fc1f7d6ded88d9bce67f7cc6989981745931f))
+
 ### [2.5.2](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigtable/compare/v2.5.1...v2.5.2) (2022-02-24)
 
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b48340a8a..ffedd10a7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 name = "google-cloud-bigtable"
 description = "Google Cloud Bigtable API client library"
-version = "2.5.2"
+version = "2.6.0"
 # Should be one of:
 # 'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha'
 # 'Development Status :: 4 - Beta'