From fd22858c312027912f5a4144036a59a4208d7b92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: adk-bot <adk-bot@google.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2026 14:09:34 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] chore(release/candidate): release 2.6.3

---
 .github/.release-please-manifest.json | 2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                          | 7 +++++++
 src/google/adk/version.py             | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
index 86e26a2dd52..a00a190418c 100644
--- a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.6.2"
+  ".": "2.6.3"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 301ddb631c8..c0e38590b62 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.6.3](https://github.com/google/adk-python/compare/v2.6.2...v2.6.3) (2026-08-07)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* gate --sandbox-launcher behind gcloud beta run deploy ([8120292](https://github.com/google/adk-python/commit/8120292dd108704f5ed071b30dab2e8f019078ff)), closes [#6511](https://github.com/google/adk-python/issues/6511)
+
 ## [2.6.2](https://github.com/google/adk-python/compare/v2.6.1...v2.6.2) (2026-08-03)
 
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/src/google/adk/version.py b/src/google/adk/version.py
index 53bf68fe341..9f990acfef9 100644
--- a/src/google/adk/version.py
+++ b/src/google/adk/version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 # version: major.minor.patch
-__version__ = "2.6.2"
+__version__ = "2.6.3"