diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 73a218e..392da0f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 10
     name: lint
     runs-on: ${{ github.repository == 'stainless-sdks/perplexity-typescript' && 'depot-ubuntu-24.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork
+    if: (github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork) && (github.event_name != 'push' || github.event.head_commit.message != 'codegen metadata')
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 5
     name: build
     runs-on: ${{ github.repository == 'stainless-sdks/perplexity-typescript' && 'depot-ubuntu-24.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork
+    if: (github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork) && (github.event_name != 'push' || github.event.head_commit.message != 'codegen metadata')
     permissions:
       contents: read
       id-token: write
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2412bb7..c85fe68 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .prism.log
+.stdy.log
 node_modules
 yarn-error.log
 codegen.log
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 8234110..c0243c5 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.26.4"
+  ".": "0.26.5"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6d656ec..815f851 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.26.5 (2026-03-24)
+
+Full Changelog: [v0.26.4...v0.26.5](https://github.com/perplexityai/perplexity-node/compare/v0.26.4...v0.26.5)
+
+### Chores
+
+* **ci:** skip lint on metadata-only changes ([75bb43c](https://github.com/perplexityai/perplexity-node/commit/75bb43c9794991dcd3b6e497e84a12ef217341ad))
+* **internal:** update gitignore ([b0c4a8b](https://github.com/perplexityai/perplexity-node/commit/b0c4a8bc9de2af3ff8c2c073828c9b8bd1898733))
+
 ## 0.26.4 (2026-03-22)
 
 Full Changelog: [v0.26.3...v0.26.4](https://github.com/perplexityai/perplexity-node/compare/v0.26.3...v0.26.4)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6f23a5e..fabca53 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@perplexity-ai/perplexity_ai",
-  "version": "0.26.4",
+  "version": "0.26.5",
   "description": "The official TypeScript library for the Perplexity API",
   "author": "Perplexity <api@perplexity.ai>",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/src/version.ts b/src/version.ts
index 89e1b24..dfb24b0 100644
--- a/src/version.ts
+++ b/src/version.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export const VERSION = '0.26.4'; // x-release-please-version
+export const VERSION = '0.26.5'; // x-release-please-version