diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8c4aa34b7d..f2b20a782c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
     "react-graph-vis": "^1.0.5",
     "react-paginate": "^8.1.3",
     "react-plotly.js": "^2.5.1",
-    "redux-persist": "^6.0.0"
+    "redux-persist": "^6.0.0",
+    "performance-now": "^2.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@cypress/skip-test": "^2.6.1",
@@ -36,8 +37,7 @@
     "antlr4ts-cli": "^0.5.0-alpha.4",
     "cypress": "^6.0.0",
     "eslint": "^6.8.0",
-    "jest-dom": "^4.0.0",
-    "performance-now": "^2.1.0"
+    "jest-dom": "^4.0.0"
   },
   "resolutions": {
     "react-syntax-highlighter": "^15.4.3",
diff --git a/release-notes/opensearch-observability.release-notes-2.6.0.0.md b/release-notes/opensearch-observability.release-notes-2.6.0.0.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..62a55f40c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-notes/opensearch-observability.release-notes-2.6.0.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+## Version 2.6.0.0 Release Notes
+
+Compatible with OpenSearch and OpenSearch Dashboards Version 2.6.0
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- correct ppl leran more link ([#189](https://github.com/opensearch-project/dashboards-observability/pull/189))
+- Few fixes regarding issues for visualization rendering ([#187](https://github.com/opensearch-project/dashboards-observability/pull/187))
+- Debug CVE fix ([#223](https://github.com/opensearch-project/dashboards-observability/pull/223)) ([#263](https://github.com/opensearch-project/dashboards-observability/pull/263))
+- Fix bugs related to trace analytics jaeger mode ([#237](https://github.com/opensearch-project/dashboards-observability/pull/237))([#271](https://github.com/opensearch-project/dashboards-observability/pull/271))([#280](https://github.com/opensearch-project/dashboards-observability/pull/280))
+- Update error handling in viz container ([#252](https://github.com/opensearch-project/dashboards-observability/pull/252))
+- Panels filter check for where clause ([#253](https://github.com/opensearch-project/dashboards-observability/pull/253))
+- Fix explorer dark mode issue and restructure scss  ([#262](https://github.com/opensearch-project/dashboards-observability/pull/262))
+- Operational panels cypress fix ([#274](https://github.com/opensearch-project/dashboards-observability/pull/274))
+- Event Analytics Bug Fixes ([#291](https://github.com/opensearch-project/dashboards-observability/pull/291))
+- remove timeseries data validation to get back line chart support ([#292](https://github.com/opensearch-project/dashboards-observability/pull/292))
+- Add missing changes for visualization config pane ([#294](https://github.com/opensearch-project/dashboards-observability/pull/294))
+- Move performance now from a debug dependency to a runtime dependency ([#309](https://github.com/opensearch-project/dashboards-observability/pull/309))
+
+### Features
+- Add new page/route for notebooks create and rename ([#250](https://github.com/opensearch-project/dashboards-observability/pull/250))([#293](https://github.com/opensearch-project/dashboards-observability/pull/293))
+
+
+### Maintenance
+
+- Cypress test update and related linting fixes ([#220](https://github.com/opensearch-project/dashboards-observability/pull/220))
+- upgrade cypress to 6 ([#249](https://github.com/opensearch-project/dashboards-observability/pull/249))
+- Fix Node.js and Yarn installation in CI ([#299](https://github.com/opensearch-project/dashboards-observability/pull/299))