From 3bc6353b586731d2eb20d64f733ccfa0b58cae8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Molly He <mollyhe@amazon.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 15:44:10 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Release 2.257.1

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 CHANGELOG.md | 13 +++++++++++++
 VERSION      |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e06983a163..5d36d4aa3c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v2.257.1 (2026-03-04)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+* Fix test failures with pytest and setuptools compatibility (#5574)
+
+### Dependency Updates
+* Relax protobuf version constraint to <7.0 (#5573)
+
+### Enhancements
+* Add telemetry for Feature Store (#5557)
+* Add VERL (Versatile Reinforcement Learning) support (#5498)
+
+
 ## v2.257.0 (2026-02-03)
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 308150ad7a..c1c7146a5d 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.257.0
\ No newline at end of file
+2.257.1
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