diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 02e9859..796e5d7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Release 0.19.6 - 2026/03/04
+	* out_rdkafka2: Auto-configure SASL PLAIN when username and password are set (#547)
+	* out_rdkafka2: Fix NoMethodError during graceful reload (#546)
+	* out_rdkafka: Fix ArgumentError for ssl_client_cert_key_password (#545)
+	* out_rdkafka, out_rdkafka2: Fix deprecation warning for max_wait_timeout in rdkafka-ruby >= 0.25.0 (#544)
+
 Release 0.19.5 - 2025/07/11
 	* in_kafka_group: Add `sasl_aws_msk_iam_access_key_id`, `sasl_aws_msk_iam_secret_access_key`
 			and `sasl_aws_msk_iam_aws_region` options (#531)
diff --git a/fluent-plugin-kafka.gemspec b/fluent-plugin-kafka.gemspec
index 8fee639..b25e574 100644
--- a/fluent-plugin-kafka.gemspec
+++ b/fluent-plugin-kafka.gemspec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.test_files    = gem.files.grep(%r{^(test|spec|features)/})
   gem.name          = "fluent-plugin-kafka"
   gem.require_paths = ["lib"]
-  gem.version       = '0.19.5'
+  gem.version       = '0.19.6'
   gem.required_ruby_version = ">= 2.1.0"
 
   gem.add_dependency "fluentd", [">= 0.10.58", "< 2"]