diff --git a/ci/release/changelogs/next.md b/ci/release/changelogs/next.md
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@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 #### Features 🚀
 
-- `--center` flag centers the SVG in the containing viewbox. [#1056](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1056)
-- Strikethrough in Markdown with `~~`. [#1059](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1059)
-
 #### Improvements 🧹
 
-- `elk` layout containers no longer overlap the label with children. [#1055](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1055)
-- `--browser` flag on CLI controls `BROWSER` environment variable for not opening browser in watch mode. [#1052](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1052)
-- Message emitted by CLI when a particular stage is taking a long time. [#1058](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1058)
-- `<title>` attribute of HTML in watch mode is the base file name, instead of the whole path. [#1054](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1054)
-
 #### Bugfixes ⛑️
-
-- Code blocks are not affected by uppercasing from special themes like Terminal. [#1053](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1053)
-- Fixes `fill-pattern` replacement in the API. [#1051](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1051)
-- Fixes multiple `<br/>` elements in a row being mismeasured in Markdown blocks. [#1060](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1060)
diff --git a/ci/release/changelogs/v0.2.6.md b/ci/release/changelogs/v0.2.6.md
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+#### Features 🚀
+
+- `--center` flag centers the SVG in the containing viewbox. [#1056](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1056)
+- Strikethrough in Markdown with `~~`. [#1059](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1059)
+
+#### Improvements 🧹
+
+- `elk` layout containers no longer overlap the label with children. [#1055](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1055)
+- `--browser` flag on CLI controls `BROWSER` environment variable for not opening browser in watch mode. [#1052](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1052)
+- Message emitted by CLI when a particular stage is taking a long time. [#1058](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1058)
+- `<title>` attribute of HTML in watch mode is the base file name, instead of the whole path. [#1054](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1054)
+
+#### Bugfixes ⛑️
+
+- Code blocks are not affected by uppercasing from special themes like Terminal. [#1053](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1053)
+- Fixes `fill-pattern` replacement in the API. [#1051](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1051)
+- Fixes multiple `<br/>` elements in a row being mismeasured in Markdown blocks. [#1060](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1060)