diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 8c7e699..f5c536b 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+2026-06-04:
+
 - added custom malloc for small blocks (11% faster on bench-v8)
 - micro optimizations (30% faster on bench-v8)
 - added resizable array buffers
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 433b8f8..ba2d8bc 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2025-09-13
+2026-06-04
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 6f4bdf5..0edbd4d 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ rm -rf $outdir
 mkdir -p $outdir $outdir/unicode $outdir/tests
 
 cp unicode/* $outdir/unicode
-cp -a tests/bench-v8 $outdir/tests
+cp -a tests/bench-v8 tests/octane tests/cli $outdir/tests
 
 ( cd /tmp && tar Jcvf /tmp/${name}.tar.xz ${d} )