diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index f8be40da3..9038c2945 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "libs/providers/config-cat": "0.7.2",
   "libs/providers/launchdarkly-client": "0.3.0",
   "libs/providers/go-feature-flag-web": "0.2.1",
-  "libs/shared/flagd-core": "0.2.5",
+  "libs/shared/flagd-core": "0.2.6",
   "libs/shared/ofrep-core": "0.2.0",
   "libs/providers/ofrep": "0.2.0",
   "libs/providers/ofrep-web": "0.3.1",
diff --git a/libs/shared/flagd-core/CHANGELOG.md b/libs/shared/flagd-core/CHANGELOG.md
index 3fa424dd0..ab4ce09f0 100644
--- a/libs/shared/flagd-core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/libs/shared/flagd-core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.2.6](https://github.com/open-feature/js-sdk-contrib/compare/flagd-core-v0.2.5...flagd-core-v0.2.6) (2024-11-06)
+
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+* **flagd-core:** use injected logger ([#1057](https://github.com/open-feature/js-sdk-contrib/issues/1057)) ([4e21b83](https://github.com/open-feature/js-sdk-contrib/commit/4e21b836b62b6f26ee966c8f0ff6fd876a3e353a))
+
+
+### 🧹 Chore
+
+* various gherkin improvements for e2e tests ([#1008](https://github.com/open-feature/js-sdk-contrib/issues/1008)) ([40abd8e](https://github.com/open-feature/js-sdk-contrib/commit/40abd8eca76b47bb5c084b377302821968acd19c))
+
 ## [0.2.5](https://github.com/open-feature/js-sdk-contrib/compare/flagd-core-v0.2.4...flagd-core-v0.2.5) (2024-08-30)
 
 
diff --git a/libs/shared/flagd-core/package-lock.json b/libs/shared/flagd-core/package-lock.json
index 37cbe347e..09f39e095 100644
--- a/libs/shared/flagd-core/package-lock.json
+++ b/libs/shared/flagd-core/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@openfeature/flagd-core",
-  "version": "0.2.5",
+  "version": "0.2.6",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@openfeature/flagd-core",
-      "version": "0.2.5",
+      "version": "0.2.6",
       "dependencies": {
         "ajv": "^8.12.0",
         "tslib": "^2.3.0"
diff --git a/libs/shared/flagd-core/package.json b/libs/shared/flagd-core/package.json
index 4a35f6a03..014ea1be4 100644
--- a/libs/shared/flagd-core/package.json
+++ b/libs/shared/flagd-core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openfeature/flagd-core",
-  "version": "0.2.5",
+  "version": "0.2.6",
   "scripts": {
     "publish-if-not-exists": "cp $NPM_CONFIG_USERCONFIG .npmrc && if [ \"$(npm show $npm_package_name@$npm_package_version version)\" = \"$(npm run current-version -s)\" ]; then echo 'already published, skipping'; else npm publish --access public; fi",
     "current-version": "echo $npm_package_version"