diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 73c1606da..6e2bca32c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -2,8 +2,26 @@
 List of major changes and improvements between releases
 =======================================================
 
-Yosys 0.61 .. Yosys 0.62-dev
+Yosys 0.61 .. Yosys 0.62
 --------------------------
+ * Various
+    - verific: Added "-sv2017" flag option to support System
+      Verilog 2017.
+    - verific: Added VHDL related flags to "-f" and "-F" and
+      support reading VHDL file from file lists.
+    - Updated cell libs with proper module declaration where
+      non standard (...) style was used.
+
+ * New commands and options
+    - Added "-word" option to "lut2mux" pass to enable emitting
+      word level cells.
+    - Added experimental "opt_balance_tree" pass to convert
+      cascaded cells into tree of cells to improve timing.
+    - Added "-gatesi" option to "write_blif" pass to init gates
+      under gates_mode in BLIF format.
+    - Added "-on" and "-off" options to "debug" pass for 
+      persistent debug logging.
+    - Added "linux_perf" pass to control performance recording.
 
 Yosys 0.60 .. Yosys 0.61
 --------------------------
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 92a854819..28608f573 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ ifeq ($(OS), Haiku)
 CXXFLAGS += -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE
 endif
 
-YOSYS_VER := 0.61+129
+YOSYS_VER := 0.62
 YOSYS_MAJOR := $(shell echo $(YOSYS_VER) | cut -d'.' -f1)
 YOSYS_MINOR := $(shell echo $(YOSYS_VER) | cut -d'.' -f2 | cut -d'+' -f1)
 YOSYS_COMMIT := $(shell echo $(YOSYS_VER) | cut -d'+' -f2)
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ endif
 OBJS = kernel/version_$(GIT_REV).o
 
 bumpversion:
-	sed -i "/^YOSYS_VER := / s/+[0-9][0-9]*$$/+`git log --oneline 5ae48ee.. | wc -l`/;" Makefile
+#	sed -i "/^YOSYS_VER := / s/+[0-9][0-9]*$$/+`git log --oneline 5ae48ee.. | wc -l`/;" Makefile
 
 ABCMKARGS = CC="$(CXX)" CXX="$(CXX)" ABC_USE_LIBSTDCXX=1 ABC_USE_NAMESPACE=abc VERBOSE=$(Q)
 
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 34f8be029..a7da22d97 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import os
 project = 'YosysHQ Yosys'
 author = 'YosysHQ GmbH'
 copyright ='2026 YosysHQ GmbH'
-yosys_ver = "0.61"
+yosys_ver = "0.62"
 
 # select HTML theme
 html_theme = 'furo-ys'