diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 954b159..054e8bc 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.2.6"
+  ".": "0.2.7"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3fe3c8c..bbbcc80 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 This changelog is automatically generated by [release-please](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please) based on [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/).
 
+## [0.2.7](https://github.com/jorijn/meshcore-stats/compare/v0.2.6...v0.2.7) (2026-01-06)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add telemetry collection for companion and repeater nodes ([#24](https://github.com/jorijn/meshcore-stats/issues/24)) ([a3015e2](https://github.com/jorijn/meshcore-stats/commit/a3015e2209781bdd7c317fa992ced6afa19efe61))
+
 ## [0.2.6](https://github.com/jorijn/meshcore-stats/compare/v0.2.5...v0.2.6) (2026-01-05)
 
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 81f6ace..0bec8a7 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ services:
   # MeshCore Stats - Data collection and rendering
   # ==========================================================================
   meshcore-stats:
-    image: ghcr.io/jorijn/meshcore-stats:0.2.6 # x-release-please-version
+    image: ghcr.io/jorijn/meshcore-stats:0.2.7 # x-release-please-version
     container_name: meshcore-stats
     restart: unless-stopped
 
diff --git a/src/meshmon/__init__.py b/src/meshmon/__init__.py
index d4532b3..137d41b 100644
--- a/src/meshmon/__init__.py
+++ b/src/meshmon/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """MeshCore network monitoring library."""
 
-__version__ = "0.2.6"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "0.2.7"  # x-release-please-version