diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bb273946a..84f957cab 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 This contains only the most important and/or user-facing changes; for a full changelog, see the commit history.
 
+## [2.6.3](https://github.com/ably/ably-js/tree/2.6.3) (2025-01-28)
+
+- Fixed `useChannel` hook can throw exception in the effect if connection is closed [\#1938](https://github.com/ably/ably-js/issues/1938)
+- Fixed web `FetchRequest` does not respect `disableConnectivityCheck` client option [\#1925](https://github.com/ably/ably-js/pull/1925)
+- Fixed typings for `RealtimeChannel.modes` [\#1955](https://github.com/ably/ably-js/pull/1955)
+
 ## [2.6.2](https://github.com/ably/ably-js/tree/2.6.2) (2025-01-14)
 
 - Minor bugfix for experimental message fields.
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 0f5f20da1..22bab493a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "ably",
-  "version": "2.6.2",
+  "version": "2.6.3",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "ably",
-      "version": "2.6.2",
+      "version": "2.6.3",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@ably/msgpack-js": "^0.4.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 14be4bf1b..e3fca3714 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "ably",
   "description": "Realtime client library for Ably, the realtime messaging service",
-  "version": "2.6.2",
+  "version": "2.6.3",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "bugs": {
     "url": "https://github.com/ably/ably-js/issues",
diff --git a/src/platform/react-hooks/src/AblyReactHooks.ts b/src/platform/react-hooks/src/AblyReactHooks.ts
index 72fcfd396..09e6fc92b 100644
--- a/src/platform/react-hooks/src/AblyReactHooks.ts
+++ b/src/platform/react-hooks/src/AblyReactHooks.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export type ChannelNameAndOptions = {
 export type ChannelNameAndAblyId = Pick<ChannelNameAndOptions, 'channelName' | 'ablyId'>;
 export type ChannelParameters = string | ChannelNameAndOptions;
 
-export const version = '2.6.2';
+export const version = '2.6.3';
 
 /**
  * channel options for react-hooks