diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release_prepare.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release_prepare.md
index 497e0dbe..22209aff 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release_prepare.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release_prepare.md
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ assignees: ''
 **Release Version**
 Specify the version number for the release (e.g., v0.7.1):
 
+**What is changed?**
+TODO: please at least copy the release note here, afterwards
+
 **Checklist**
 Following steps will be checked:
 - [ ] Revise the changelog if necessary
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0e8958fd..20f1e99a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-### v0.6.x
+### v0.6.2
 - add: New features to validate and update relationships for V2 entities ([#380](https://github.com/RWTH-EBC/FiLiP/pull/380))
+- add: ngsi-ld support for entity creation and update with keyvalues format ([#394](https://github.com/RWTH-EBC/FiLiP/pull/394))
+- fix: exception handling for special characters in attribute value  ([#381](https://github.com/RWTH-EBC/FiLiP/pull/381))
+- update: relax pydantic requirements ([#390](https://github.com/RWTH-EBC/FiLiP/pull/390))
+- update: pandas requirement from ~=1.3.5 to >=1.3.5,<2.3.0 ([#396](https://github.com/RWTH-EBC/FiLiP/pull/396))
 
 ### v0.6.1
 - add: Tutorial for saving live timeseries data (e.g., forecast) in context broker and timeseries database ([#363](https://github.com/RWTH-EBC/FiLiP/pull/363))
diff --git a/filip/__init__.py b/filip/__init__.py
index d1d5f9ca..479c62f0 100644
--- a/filip/__init__.py
+++ b/filip/__init__.py
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 from filip.config import settings
 from filip.clients.ngsi_v2 import HttpClient
 
-__version__ = "0.6.1"
+__version__ = "0.6.2"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7f4afa35..4c48cfd5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 SETUP_REQUIRES = INSTALL_REQUIRES.copy()
 
-VERSION = "0.6.1"
+VERSION = "0.6.2"
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="filip",