From 17bc81ea6c0394ca686845b229d61d0b620fc0d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tanmay Jain <tanmay.jain@hashicorp.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 10:56:10 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] version: cut release v1.15.0

---
 CHANGELOG.md    | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 version/VERSION |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 93916f1c1..aae00b2f4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,40 @@
 # 📦 Changelog
 
+## 1.15.0 (February 4, 2026)
+
+### IMPROVEMENTS:
+
+* core/hcp: add support for updating HCP Packer registry channels and bucket log UI metadata.
+    [GH-13532](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/13532)
+
+* build: update Go to 1.24.12.
+    [GH-13553](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/13553)
+
+* docker: remove vmware and vsphere from the packer full image.
+    [GH-13442](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/13442)
+
+* docs: add comments to packer docs.
+    [GH-13534](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/13534)
+
+* compliance: update copyright and license headers.
+    [GH-13540](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/13540)
+    [GH-13543](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/13543)
+    [GH-13545](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/13545)
+    [GH-13544](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/13544)
+
+### BUG FIXES:
+
+* datasource/http: update acceptance test URL to avoid rate limiting.
+    [GH-13480](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/13480)
+
+* provisioner/powershell: ensure `LASTEXITCODE` is set before checking its value in tests.
+    [GH-13539](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/13539)
+
+### SECURITY:
+
+* Bump golang.org/x/crypto to 0.46.0
+    [GH-13546](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/13546)
+
 ## 1.14.3 (November 18, 2025)
 
 ### IMPROVEMENTS:
diff --git a/version/VERSION b/version/VERSION
index 70139d329..141f2e805 100644
--- a/version/VERSION
+++ b/version/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.14.4-dev
+1.15.0