diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 193231ff6f0a..23f53e9607c6 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.254.0"
+  ".": "2.255.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d267169db4c5..77519f5091c3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.255.0](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/compare/v2.254.0...v2.255.0) (2026-07-17)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **oauth:** First-party CLI client and per-client scope policy ([#8029](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/8029)) ([4df9bfb](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/4df9bfb553c9007d919213b44473778d5a5457a8))
+
 ## [2.254.0](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/compare/v2.253.0...v2.254.0) (2026-07-16)
 
 
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index ad73923b7666..92b8fd0710b9 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.254.0
+2.255.0