diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 48e14ce..82b187b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Semantic Release Automated Changelog
 
+# [2.6.0-beta.2](https://github.com/AlaskaAirlines/auro-badge/compare/v2.6.0-beta.1...v2.6.0-beta.2) (2024-07-28)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* force version bump and release ([6ecef1d](https://github.com/AlaskaAirlines/auro-badge/commit/6ecef1d8d6a3f326c747ddc948fc6bfb63cee8a2))
+
 # [2.6.0-beta.1](https://github.com/AlaskaAirlines/auro-badge/compare/v2.5.1-beta.1...v2.6.0-beta.1) (2024-07-28)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1276d43..60b219a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ In cases where the project is not able to process JS assets, there are pre-proce
 ```html
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@aurodesignsystem/design-tokens@4.3.0/dist/tokens/CSSCustomProperties.css" />
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@aurodesignsystem/webcorestylesheets@5.0.5/dist/bundled/essentials.css" />
-<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@aurodesignsystem/auro-badge@2.6.0-beta.1/dist/auro-badge__bundled.js" type="module"></script>
+<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@aurodesignsystem/auro-badge@2.6.0-beta.2/dist/auro-badge__bundled.js" type="module"></script>
 ```
 
 <!-- AURO-GENERATED-CONTENT:END -->
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a2118f2..0b0a156 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "================================================================================"
   ],
   "name": "@aurodesignsystem/auro-badge",
-  "version": "2.6.0-beta.1",
+  "version": "2.6.0-beta.2",
   "description": "Auro custom auro-badge element",
   "author": "Product design and research",
   "engines": {
@@ -160,8 +160,16 @@
       "@commitlint/config-conventional"
     ],
     "rules": {
-      "footer-max-line-length": [1, "always", 100],
-      "body-max-line-length": [1, "always", 100]
+      "footer-max-line-length": [
+        1,
+        "always",
+        100
+      ],
+      "body-max-line-length": [
+        1,
+        "always",
+        100
+      ]
     }
   },
   "publishConfig": {