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Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 07:24:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore: release 2.4.0

---
 .release-please-manifest.json |  2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                  | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 pyproject.toml                |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 04542296..5151988c 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "2.3.0"
+    ".": "2.4.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f23777b0..892d0506 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.4.0](https://github.com/petercorke/machinevision-toolbox-python/compare/v2.3.0...v2.4.0) (2026-08-14)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* relax opencv pin to support both 4.x and 5.x, add CI matrix axis ([2ec69fe](https://github.com/petercorke/machinevision-toolbox-python/commit/2ec69fe4d116bb51f717e0a4a3c8baed95a7101f)), closes [#44](https://github.com/petercorke/machinevision-toolbox-python/issues/44)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* correct stale open3d-python PyPI name, add py3.13 exclusion marker ([87c1e8f](https://github.com/petercorke/machinevision-toolbox-python/commit/87c1e8f5a2eb3a2b17f2a1f1c182b22fbb025483))
+* esttheta() -- broken pickregion() helper and missing theta-sweep body ([50b00cc](https://github.com/petercorke/machinevision-toolbox-python/commit/50b00cc95c15b56b3598505f4cd532a0612f6ff9))
+* mvtbtool's %precision line spuriously echoes with --showassign ([ed43ca6](https://github.com/petercorke/machinevision-toolbox-python/commit/ed43ca64652a7d64a4536ae5665e672ffcc7db4a))
+* printstats() crashes if .stats hasn't been accessed yet ([3484224](https://github.com/petercorke/machinevision-toolbox-python/commit/34842247c529159364591528ec109deac182899f))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* add AGENTS.md stub linking to rvc-ecosystem conventions ([0827291](https://github.com/petercorke/machinevision-toolbox-python/commit/082729184414b821a9e610f8a409f5cbeabc308c))
+
 ## [2.3.0](https://github.com/petercorke/machinevision-toolbox-python/compare/v2.2.0...v2.3.0) (2026-08-13)
 
 **Highlight: Notebooks working in all environments** Fixed a number of problems with getting notebooks to execute in desktop Jupyter, Colab, and
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f23e7360..3f669efd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "machinevision-toolbox-python"
-version = "2.3.0"
+version = "2.4.0"
 authors = [{ name = "Peter Corke", email = "rvc@petercorke.com" }]
 description = "Object-oriented machine vision for Python."
 readme = "README.md"