diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 03a2180d..dea799a6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,17 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [2.6.0] - 2026-09-24
+
+### Changed — `Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime` moved from 1.28.0 to 1.30.0 (#296)
+
+`Verbara.Sdk.VoiceAi.TurnDetection` references it without `PrivateAssets`, so a consumer resolves the
+new version transitively and the turn detector runs its inference on it. The bundled
+`smart-turn-v3.2-cpu` model and every published accuracy figure are unchanged — the runtime moved, not
+the model. Recorded because a runtime dependency a consumer resolves is not an internal detail; the
+only precedent for recording a bump (`Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub` in 2.5.1) was an advisory, and this
+one is a deliberate choice to state the reach rather than the reason.
+
 ### Changed — BREAKING: `ExternalMediaActivity` could not reach an AudioSocket stream by any configuration (#305)
 
 `ExternalMediaActivity` accepts an `AudioSocketServer` in its constructor and then polls
diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 40ed35dc..91361b76 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     <PackageLicenseExpression>MIT</PackageLicenseExpression>
     <PackageReadmeFile>README.md</PackageReadmeFile>
     <PackageTags>verbara;asterisk;ami;agi;ari;voip;pbx;telephony;native-aot;sdk</PackageTags>
-    <PackageVersion>2.5.3</PackageVersion>
+    <PackageVersion>2.6.0</PackageVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!-- Deterministic builds + SourceLink (debuggable NuGet packages) -->
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 07138a74..1f408ecf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ The SDK is ported from [asterisk-java](https://github.com/asterisk-java/asterisk
 
 ## Status
 
-**v2.5.3** — 29 NuGet packages, 0 build warnings, 0 trim warnings, ~2,924 unit tests + 154 functional + 65 integration (Testcontainers).
+**v2.6.0** — 29 NuGet packages, 0 build warnings, 0 trim warnings, ~2,924 unit tests + 154 functional + 65 integration (Testcontainers).
 
 Release history — every version, with what changed and why — is in [`CHANGELOG.md`](CHANGELOG.md). It is not restated here: a second copy in the README is one nobody updates, and this block had drifted three releases behind before anyone noticed.
 
diff --git a/docs/claim-registry.md b/docs/claim-registry.md
index 25ad382d..1d1b5b69 100644
--- a/docs/claim-registry.md
+++ b/docs/claim-registry.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ is the worked example: its vendor wire captures are EVIDENCE, its counts of *our
 | 61 | 0 build warnings | ENFORCING | `Directory.Build.props` `TreatWarningsAsErrors` + `Pack Warnings Gate` | OK |
 | 61 | 0 trim warnings | ENFORCING | AotCanary | PARTIAL — 22/29 |
 | 61 | ~2,924 unit + 154 functional + 65 integration | COHERENCE | — | WRONG — the suite runs **3,295** (measured 2026-08-29); note nothing in-tree *records* that number until §4.1 commits the record |
-| 61 | headline version **v2.5.3** | COHERENCE | `StatusBlockCoherenceTests` — against `Directory.Build.props` `<PackageVersion>` | **OK** |
+| 61 | headline version **v2.6.0** | COHERENCE | `StatusBlockCoherenceTests` — against `Directory.Build.props` `<PackageVersion>` | **OK** |
 | ~~65~~ | ONNX model 8.3 MB | — | — | **DELETED** — lived in the release bullets, cut by the 2026-09-20 ruling on `README.md` release history |
 | ~~67~~ | 94.26% English accuracy, in upstream's voice | — | — | **DELETED** — lived in the release bullets, cut by the 2026-09-20 ruling on `README.md` release history. The figure survives at `:465` (row below) with its citation and hash pin; this was the duplicate. |
 | ~~67~~ | ~12 ms CPU inference | — | `TurnDetectionBenchmark` | **DELETED** — measured at 26.18–37.30 ms; deferred, see *Deferrals*. Its line was also removed with the release bullets on 2026-09-20. |