diff --git a/.github/release-please/manifest.json b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
index c64c1f4ecc4f..1719ab5dd447 100644
--- a/.github/release-please/manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "core": "26.2.1",
+  "core": "26.3.0",
   "prover": "18.0.0",
   "zkstack_cli": "0.1.2"
 }
diff --git a/core/CHANGELOG.md b/core/CHANGELOG.md
index 42ddd01a6775..8324d8733400 100644
--- a/core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [26.3.0](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/compare/core-v26.2.1...core-v26.3.0) (2025-02-03)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **contract-verifier:** Partial matching & automatic verification ([#3527](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3527)) ([bf9fe85](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/bf9fe85f4fd1d739105e7b21d0eebb377f752bac))
+* **en:** better EN default req entities limit, improved documentation for API limits ([#3546](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3546)) ([e7eb716](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/e7eb716c241c8bf224361fee150f9d1fe3023ebb))
+* new da_dispatcher metrics ([#3464](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3464)) ([75a7c08](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/75a7c08868e5f794be0c50b012164fcba5846f08))
+
 ## [26.2.1](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/compare/core-v26.2.0...core-v26.2.1) (2025-01-28)