diff --git a/ci/update_changelog.py b/ci/update_changelog.py
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+import sys
+import re
+
+TEMPLATE_SECTIONS = [
+    "## New Tools",
+    "## New Features",
+    "## Fixes",
+    "## Misc Improvements",
+    "## Documentation",
+    "## API",
+    "## Lua",
+    "## Removed"
+]
+
+def chunk_changelog(lines):
+    """Splits the changelog into three parts: before, future section, after."""
+    before, future_section, after = [], [], []
+    current_section = before
+    future_found = False
+
+    for line in lines:
+        if line.startswith("# Future") and not future_found:
+            future_found = True
+            current_section = future_section
+        elif future_found and re.match(r"^# \d", line):  # Next version starts
+            current_section = after
+
+        current_section.append(line)
+
+    return before, future_section, after
+
+def clean_old_future_section(future_section, new_version):
+    """Renames Future section and removes empty subsections."""
+    cleaned_section = [f"# {new_version}\n"]
+    section_start = None
+    non_empty_sections = set()
+
+    for i, line in enumerate(future_section[1:]):  # Skip "Future" header
+        if re.match(r"^## ", line):  # Track section starts
+            section_start = len(cleaned_section)
+        elif re.match(r"^- ", line.strip()):  # Found a list entry, mark section as non-empty
+            non_empty_sections.add(section_start)
+
+        cleaned_section.append(line)
+
+    # Remove empty sections
+    final_section = []
+    i = 0
+    while i < len(cleaned_section):
+        if re.match(r"^## ", cleaned_section[i]) and i in non_empty_sections:
+            final_section.append(cleaned_section[i])
+        elif re.match(r"^## ", cleaned_section[i]) and i not in non_empty_sections:
+            i += 1  # Skip section header
+            while i < len(cleaned_section) and not re.match(r"^(## |# )", cleaned_section[i]):
+                i += 1  # Skip body of the empty section
+            continue  # Avoid double increment
+        else:
+            final_section.append(cleaned_section[i])
+        i += 1
+
+    return final_section
+
+def update_changelog(file_path, new_version):
+    with open(file_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        lines = f.readlines()
+
+    before, future_section, after = chunk_changelog(lines)
+
+    if not future_section:
+        print("No 'Future' section found!")
+        return
+
+    cleaned_future_section = clean_old_future_section(future_section, new_version)
+
+    # Build new Future section
+    new_future_section = ["# Future\n\n"]
+    for section in TEMPLATE_SECTIONS:
+        new_future_section.append(section + "\n\n")
+
+    # Reassemble changelog
+    updated_changelog = before + new_future_section + cleaned_future_section + after
+
+    # Write back to the file
+    with open(file_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        f.writelines(updated_changelog)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if len(sys.argv) != 3:
+        print("Usage: python update_changelog.py <changelog_file_path> <new_version>")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    update_changelog(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])