diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index f5714cdfed..8d8a2fb45e 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  ".": "3.6.5",
+  ".": "3.6.6",
   "operator": "0.8.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 98295e8829..dd31d49552 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [3.6.6](https://github.com/grafana/loki/compare/v3.6.5...v3.6.6) (2026-02-18)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **deps:** update alpine docker tag to v3.23.3 (main) ([#20630](https://github.com/grafana/loki/issues/20630)) ([#20832](https://github.com/grafana/loki/issues/20832)) ([fb20246](https://github.com/grafana/loki/commit/fb202465c6e9fdda198e06d6588de8381ded79e7))
+
 ## [3.6.5](https://github.com/grafana/loki/compare/v3.6.4...v3.6.5) (2026-02-06)