From 3c213d9cff8f9ce23b1d1602c2addd5ab3ff32a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Fantin-Hardesty
 <24646452+jfantinhardesty@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:51:06 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Bump version

---
 CHANGELOG.md                      | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 build/windows_installer_build.iss |  2 +-
 common/types.go                   |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 82b7a3326..52fc712b9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@
 # Cloudfuse Changelog #
 
+## **2.4.0** ##
+
+October 20th 2026
+This version is based on [blobfuse2 2.5.3](https://github.com/Azure/azure-storage-fuse/releases/tag/blobfuse2-2.5.3) (upstream).
+
+### Features ###
+
+- [#973](https://github.com/Seagate/cloudfuse/pull/973) Improve S3 directory listing: add `require-dir-markers` option and `add-dir-markers` command
+- [#1060](https://github.com/Seagate/cloudfuse/pull/1060) Attr_cache now performs read ahead of attributes when reading directories to reduce the number of calls to the cloud
+- [#1061](https://github.com/Seagate/cloudfuse/pull/1061) Improved file cache performance
+
+### Bug Fixes ###
+
+- [#1077](https://github.com/Seagate/cloudfuse/pull/1077) Fix race conditions in file cache and block cache
+
+### Security ###
+
+- [#1096](https://github.com/Seagate/cloudfuse/pull/1096) Update Go toolchain to 1.27.3 to fix security vulnerabilities
+
 ## **2.3.3** ##
 
 September 14th 2026
diff --git a/build/windows_installer_build.iss b/build/windows_installer_build.iss
index fd307ad66..5f163750f 100644
--- a/build/windows_installer_build.iss
+++ b/build/windows_installer_build.iss
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ; https://jrsoftware.org/ishelp/index.php
 
 #define MyAppName "Cloudfuse"
-#define MyAppVersion "2.3.3"
+#define MyAppVersion "2.4.0"
 #define MyAppPublisher "SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC"
 #define MyAppURL "https://github.com/Seagate/cloudfuse"
 #define MyAppExeCLIName "cloudfuse.exe"
diff --git a/common/types.go b/common/types.go
index 7d9ac3c51..c824a51f3 100644
--- a/common/types.go
+++ b/common/types.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import (
 
 // Standard config default values
 const (
-	cloudfuseVersion_ = "2.3.3"
+	cloudfuseVersion_ = "2.4.0"
 
 	DefaultMaxLogFileSize = 512
 	DefaultLogFileCount   = 10

From 51f1b3ec063c16372aaf010acac14d2eab08e004 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Fantin-Hardesty
 <24646452+jfantinhardesty@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:10:28 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Back to 2.5.2

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 52fc712b9..8cb36d6ec 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## **2.4.0** ##
 
 October 20th 2026
-This version is based on [blobfuse2 2.5.3](https://github.com/Azure/azure-storage-fuse/releases/tag/blobfuse2-2.5.3) (upstream).
+This version is based on [blobfuse2 2.5.2](https://github.com/Azure/azure-storage-fuse/releases/tag/blobfuse2-2.5.2) (upstream).
 
 ### Features ###