diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index cd52c1e8da..4c4a46efe0 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "7.5.0"
+  ".": "7.6.0"
 }
diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 3792ea6df9..d9601593ab 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -2,6 +2,25 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [7.6.0](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/compare/v7.5.0...v7.6.0) (2026-08-19)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **NODE-7546:** add HTTP Proxy support for QE & CSFLE ([#5007](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/issues/5007)) ([3366c21](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/commit/3366c21a6311e02f1be91da982f9b93d3cce99a0))
+* **NODE-7547:** bump minimum support server/wire versions to '4.4' & '9' respectively ([#4994](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/issues/4994)) ([3d97028](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/commit/3d97028b63c51345aaa2852ed4c467dc21b972bd))
+* **NODE-7624:** support baseBackoffMS and update client backpressure backoff ([#5020](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/issues/5020)) ([560837b](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/commit/560837b9a7e76d21cf1baaef894e9301bab0b264))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **NODE-7603:** emit dynamic `import('os')` via `tsconfig`  ([#4992](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/issues/4992)) ([52f5e61](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/commit/52f5e61c8a439f9284c82f72357c376783f055b4))
+
+
+### Performance Improvements
+
+* **NODE-7660:** serialize bulk write documents a single time ([#4999](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/issues/4999)) ([1217aa1](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/commit/1217aa1c28a5071f765b69e98a0d6cc5fbc02c87))
+
 ## [7.5.0](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/compare/v7.4.0...v7.5.0) (2026-07-07)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c6f8945e7c..114697d08d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "mongodb",
-  "version": "7.5.0",
+  "version": "7.6.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "mongodb",
-      "version": "7.5.0",
+      "version": "7.6.0",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@mongodb-js/saslprep": "^1.4.11",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8b73ecc35a..e78347dfde 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mongodb",
-  "version": "7.5.0",
+  "version": "7.6.0",
   "description": "The official MongoDB driver for Node.js",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "files": [