From 9398772f88acb1ef67f1caf01159ea3c27415609 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "flagsmith-engineering[bot]"
 <216534828+flagsmith-engineering[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 16:01:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 2.253.0

---
 .release-please-manifest.json |  2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                  | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 version.txt                   |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index bea4416dc511..73da384e453e 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.252.0"
+  ".": "2.253.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0a998a90e60a..f95022902302 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.253.0](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/compare/v2.252.0...v2.253.0) (2026-07-08)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **API:** Adopt the `flagsmith` entrypoint ([#7901](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/7901)) ([da194ca](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/da194caa5b2e70e9707767aa871bbeac3c2eaf00))
+* **API:** Bundle the Core API OpenAPI schema ([#7959](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/7959)) ([a7b0d21](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/a7b0d217f714d4c59ae78023b3d7147d6c5da095))
+* use lifecycles API ([#7793](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/7793)) ([26ddf19](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/26ddf1954d392e540a02cdef295ee0aead4e7b26))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* add navigation to identity page from segment members list ([#7927](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/7927)) ([f005081](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/f0050811918669345718f5f858af8ec900418ee8))
+* **LaunchDarkly:** Import processing not idempotent for completed requests ([#7954](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/7954)) ([5cfb9f4](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/5cfb9f463bcbb40c8c3416e2fdc363ff7e023dd4))
+* make Headway bell icon clickable ([#7925](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/7925)) ([fd438ba](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/fd438ba099d8f2e5d23cac0499639f605a6fedc7))
+* **Segment Membership:** Enabled for different organisations in backend and frontend ([#7966](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/7966)) ([aa4ad62](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/aa4ad62f2bab161d0b5d9a24154ad6dc80785895))
+
 ## [2.252.0](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/compare/v2.251.0...v2.252.0) (2026-07-03)
 
 
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 5647f0fe39f9..e6aaa795d363 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.252.0
+2.253.0