diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-tasks/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/google-cloud-tasks/CHANGELOG.md
index bfc2d3f5944b..4ff04b218c0f 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-tasks/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-tasks/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-tasks/#history
 
+## [2.6.0](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-tasks/compare/v2.5.3...v2.6.0) (2021-10-07)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add context manager support in client ([#173](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-tasks/issues/173)) ([ceec8f1](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-tasks/commit/ceec8f173af696d26cf367af2d969bf98987df2a))
+
 ### [2.5.3](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-tasks/compare/v2.5.2...v2.5.3) (2021-09-30)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-tasks/setup.py b/packages/google-cloud-tasks/setup.py
index 9dccbfd3f097..b6af85189ceb 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-tasks/setup.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-tasks/setup.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 name = "google-cloud-tasks"
 description = "Cloud Tasks API API client library"
-version = "2.5.3"
+version = "2.6.0"
 release_status = "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable"
 dependencies = [
     # NOTE: Maintainers, please do not require google-api-core>=2.x.x