diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9eeb18a6f..9da6b0153 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,29 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.62.0] - 2026-09-22
+
+### API-Changes
+
+- Remove unused ImapMessageMoved event.
+- [**breaking**] get rid of `Qr::FprWithoutAddr` and `Qr::FprMismatch` variants.
+  - removed `DC_QR_FPR_WITHOUT_ADDR` and `DC_QR_FPR_MISMATCH` constants from CFFI
+  - removed FprWithoutAddr and FprMismatch variants from JSON-RPC QrObject returned by `check_qr`
+
+### Features / Changes
+
+- Don't show "member added" messages in channels ([#8730](https://github.com/chatmail/core/pull/8730)).
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Don't notify about a reaction sent by a blocked contact ([#8729](https://github.com/chatmail/core/pull/8729)).
+- keep a message read status if a failure arrives later.
+- prefer login errors over connection errors in the log message ([#8727](https://github.com/chatmail/core/pull/8727)).
+- blocked or email contacts contacts are never recently seen or old ([#8733](https://github.com/chatmail/core/pull/8733)).
+
+### Refactor
+
+- Remove code that moves messages between IMAP folders.
+
 ## [2.61.0] - 2026-09-21
 
 ### API-Changes
@@ -8878,3 +8902,4 @@ https://github.com/chatmail/core/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed
 [2.59.0]: https://github.com/chatmail/core/compare/v2.58.0..v2.59.0
 [2.60.0]: https://github.com/chatmail/core/compare/v2.59.0..v2.60.0
 [2.61.0]: https://github.com/chatmail/core/compare/v2.60.0..v2.61.0
+[2.62.0]: https://github.com/chatmail/core/compare/v2.61.0..v2.62.0
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a0abf98d2..825bf0b73 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "2.62.0-dev"
+version = "2.62.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "astral-tokio-tar",
@@ -1435,7 +1435,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-jsonrpc"
-version = "2.62.0-dev"
+version = "2.62.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-channel 2.5.0",
@@ -1456,14 +1456,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-jsonrpc-bindings"
-version = "2.62.0-dev"
+version = "2.62.0"
 dependencies = [
  "deltachat-jsonrpc",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-repl"
-version = "2.62.0-dev"
+version = "2.62.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
@@ -1479,7 +1479,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-rpc-server"
-version = "2.62.0-dev"
+version = "2.62.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
@@ -1508,7 +1508,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "2.62.0-dev"
+version = "2.62.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 426f06271..f67189947 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "2.62.0-dev"
+version = "2.62.0"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 rust-version = "1.89"
diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
index 047c83a4c..1c943ebfa 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "2.62.0-dev"
+version = "2.62.0"
 description = "Deltachat FFI"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc-bindings/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-jsonrpc-bindings/Cargo.toml
index 251b1aaf0..b96249ea9 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc-bindings/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc-bindings/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-jsonrpc-bindings"
-version = "2.62.0-dev"
+version = "2.62.0"
 description = "Autogenerate DeltaChat JSON-RPC API bindings at build time"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc-bindings/typescript/package.json b/deltachat-jsonrpc-bindings/typescript/package.json
index 70a471ca2..3b91fba8c 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc-bindings/typescript/package.json
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc-bindings/typescript/package.json
@@ -54,5 +54,5 @@
   },
   "type": "module",
   "types": "dist/deltachat.d.ts",
-  "version": "2.62.0-dev"
+  "version": "2.62.0"
 }
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
index e0ae34691..a3568ef70 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-jsonrpc"
-version = "2.62.0-dev"
+version = "2.62.0"
 description = "DeltaChat JSON-RPC API"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
diff --git a/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
index 74961aa5e..704bace32 100644
--- a/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-repl"
-version = "2.62.0-dev"
+version = "2.62.0"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 edition = "2024"
 repository = "https://github.com/chatmail/core"
diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml b/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml
index 99a799949..b5c08a9ff 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "deltachat-rpc-client"
-version = "2.62.0-dev"
+version = "2.62.0"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 description = "Python client for Delta Chat core JSON-RPC interface"
 classifiers = [
diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
index 063a06835..99e7d92c9 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-rpc-server"
-version = "2.62.0-dev"
+version = "2.62.0"
 description = "DeltaChat JSON-RPC server"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-server/npm-package/package.json b/deltachat-rpc-server/npm-package/package.json
index 4345fdb37..87c4c956f 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-server/npm-package/package.json
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-server/npm-package/package.json
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
   },
   "type": "module",
   "types": "index.d.ts",
-  "version": "2.62.0-dev"
+  "version": "2.62.0"
 }
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index 9dfaad22c..bc2ca053d 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "2.62.0-dev"
+version = "2.62.0"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 description = "Python bindings for the Delta Chat Core library using CFFI against the Rust-implemented libdeltachat"
 readme = "README.rst"
diff --git a/release-date.in b/release-date.in
index d4cf1c83f..a9f49dc79 100644
--- a/release-date.in
+++ b/release-date.in
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2026-09-21
\ No newline at end of file
+2026-09-22
\ No newline at end of file