diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 385de1f12..12d101724 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,8 +4,26 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. Dates are d
 
 Generated by [`auto-changelog`](https://github.com/CookPete/auto-changelog).
 
-#### [2.5.2](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/compare/2.3.1...2.5.2)
+#### [2.6.0](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/compare/2.3.1...2.6.0)
 
+- fix(frontend): fix contribution link [`#3500`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3500)
+- feat(other): disable index html caching, reenable limits [`#3497`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3497)
+- fix(admin): fix accidently remove user states [`#3496`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3496)
+- feat(frontend): use grass as faster alternative to sass [`#3491`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3491)
+- refactor(database): ms precision and git compatible entity versioning [`#3495`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3495)
+- refactor(frontend): rename community page and child components to contributions [`#3494`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3494)
+- feat(frontend): change experimental to beta [`#3493`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3493)
+- fix(workflow): wrong database docker call [`#3490`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3490)
+- feat(frontend): disable cross community tx redeem in frontend [`#3486`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3486)
+- feat(other): split start script, put additional installs in extra script [`#3488`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3488)
+- fix(other): correct bun install script  [`#3487`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3487)
+- refactor(frontend): contribution page and some graphql code in backend used by the page [`#3483`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3483)
+- refactor(other): use esbuild instead of tsc [`#3479`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3479)
+- refactor(other): update to yarn workspaces and turbo [`#3478`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3478)
+- feat(workflow): x-cross tx per link [`#3467`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3467)
+- fix(backend): fix problem with humhub, changing from and to alias [`#3484`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3484)
+- feat(workflow): stop deploy script on error, always cleanup lock file [`#3482`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3482)
+- chore(release): v2.5.2 beta [`#3480`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3480)
 - refactor(other): use biome instead of eslint [`#3472`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3472)
 - fix(frontend): set explicit page size for admin and moderator user on information page [`#3474`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3474)
 - fix(backend): humhub sync on edge cases [`#3471`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3471)
diff --git a/admin/package.json b/admin/package.json
index d98e10209..31b69defc 100644
--- a/admin/package.json
+++ b/admin/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "description": "Administration Interface for Gradido",
   "main": "index.js",
   "author": "Gradido Academy - https://www.gradido.net",
-  "version": "2.5.2",
+  "version": "2.6.0",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",
diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 4dcd55f50..98bfcfb61 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "backend",
-  "version": "2.5.2",
+  "version": "2.6.0",
   "private": false,
   "description": "Gradido unified backend providing an API-Service for Gradido Transactions",
   "repository": "https://github.com/gradido/gradido/backend",
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit"
   },
   "nodemonConfig": {
-    "ignore": ["**/*.test.ts"]
+    "ignore": [
+      "**/*.test.ts"
+    ]
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
diff --git a/database/package.json b/database/package.json
index 94018860f..d7c7d8fae 100644
--- a/database/package.json
+++ b/database/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "database",
-  "version": "2.5.2",
+  "version": "2.6.0",
   "description": "Gradido Database Tool to execute database migrations",
   "main": "./build/index.js",
   "types": "./entity/index.ts",
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
     "@types/uuid": "^8.3.4",
     "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
     "decimal.js-light": "^2.5.1",
-    "esbuild": "^0.25.2",
     "dotenv": "^10.0.0",
+    "esbuild": "^0.25.2",
     "geojson": "^0.5.0",
     "mysql2": "^2.3.0",
     "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.13",
diff --git a/dht-node/package.json b/dht-node/package.json
index ac51035eb..5a9d6a8e8 100644
--- a/dht-node/package.json
+++ b/dht-node/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "dht-node",
-  "version": "2.5.2",
+  "version": "2.6.0",
   "description": "Gradido dht-node module",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "repository": "https://github.com/gradido/gradido/",
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
     "test": "cross-env TZ=UTC NODE_ENV=development DB_DATABASE=gradido_test_dht jest --runInBand --forceExit --detectOpenHandles"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
     "dht-rpc": "6.18.1",
-    "sodium-universal": "4.0.1",
-    "cross-env": "^7.0.3"
+    "sodium-universal": "4.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@biomejs/biome": "1.9.4",
diff --git a/dlt-connector/package.json b/dlt-connector/package.json
index cbabb26c8..a61158c58 100644
--- a/dlt-connector/package.json
+++ b/dlt-connector/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gradido-dlt-connector",
-  "version": "2.5.2",
+  "version": "2.6.0",
   "description": "Gradido DLT-Connector",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "repository": "https://github.com/gradido/gradido/",
diff --git a/federation/package.json b/federation/package.json
index ca1105e94..a7bf9f371 100644
--- a/federation/package.json
+++ b/federation/package.json
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 {
   "name": "federation",
-  "version": "2.5.2",
+  "version": "2.6.0",
   "description": "Gradido federation module providing Gradido-Hub-Federation and versioned API for inter community communication",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "repository": "https://github.com/gradido/gradido/federation",
   "author": "Gradido Academy - https://www.gradido.net",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
-
   "private": false,
   "scripts": {
     "build": "ts-node ./esbuild.config.ts",
@@ -66,7 +65,9 @@
     "uuid": "8.3.2"
   },
   "nodemonConfig": {
-    "ignore": ["**/*.test.ts"]
+    "ignore": [
+      "**/*.test.ts"
+    ]
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=18"
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 258e00b33..7e122a237 100755
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "frontend",
-  "version": "2.5.2",
+  "version": "2.6.0",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "concurrently \"yarn watch-scss\" \"vite\"",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0d73289a6..c5c713f79 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gradido",
-  "version": "2.5.2",
+  "version": "2.6.0",
   "description": "Gradido",
   "main": "index.js",
   "repository": "git@github.com:gradido/gradido.git",
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "auto-changelog": "^2.4.0",
-    "uuid": "^8.3.2",
+    "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
     "turbo": "^2.5.0",
-    "cross-env": "^7.0.3"
+    "uuid": "^8.3.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@biomejs/biome": "1.9.4"