From 154c3900419c5222fbd3de2bbfa915d4cab72b14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hugo van Kemenade <1324225+hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:50:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Prepare 2026.2 release

---
 CHANGELOG.md                  | 6 ++++++
 CONTRIBUTING.md               | 5 +++--
 python_docs_theme/__init__.py | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 069a114..0c28c8f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2026.2](https://github.com/python/python-docs-theme/releases/tag/2026.2)
+
+* Style codeblock `:caption:` by @StanFromIreland in https://github.com/python/python-docs-theme/pull/288
+* Enable copy button for shell sessions and consoles by @hugovk in https://github.com/python/python-docs-theme/pull/295
+* Add colors for thread safety annotations by @lysnikolaou in https://github.com/python/python-docs-theme/pull/297
+
 ## [2025.12](https://github.com/python/python-docs-theme/releases/tag/2025.12)
 
 * Add support for green, red and yellow side borders for code examples by @hugovk in https://github.com/python/python-docs-theme/pull/285
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index f26b902..4ca0f05 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@
   [GitHub Actions](https://github.com/python/python-docs-theme/actions)
 - Go to https://github.com/python/python-docs-theme/releases
 - Click "Draft a new release"
-- Click "Choose a tag"
+- Click "Tag: Select tag"
 - Type the next YYYY.MM version (no leading zero) and
-  select "**Create new tag: YYYY.MM** on publish"
+  select "Create new tag"
+- Click "Create" for "YYYY.MM will be created on publish"
 - Leave the "Release title" blank (it will be autofilled)
 - Click "Generate release notes" and amend as required
 - Click "Publish release"
diff --git a/python_docs_theme/__init__.py b/python_docs_theme/__init__.py
index a6c8f18..026329b 100644
--- a/python_docs_theme/__init__.py
+++ b/python_docs_theme/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     from sphinx.application import Sphinx
     from sphinx.util.typing import ExtensionMetadata
 
-__version__ = "2025.12"
+__version__ = "2026.2"
 
 THEME_PATH = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
 LOCALE_DIR = THEME_PATH / "locale"