diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test_workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test_workflow.yml
index f2e1f5759d52..7abc1e639e7d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test_workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test_workflow.yml
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ./artifacts
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        version: [ osd-2.0.0, osd-2.1.0, osd-2.2.0, osd-2.3.0, osd-2.4.0 ]
+        version: [ osd-2.0.0, osd-2.1.0, osd-2.2.0, osd-2.3.0, osd-2.4.0, osd-2.5.0 ]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c06ea5f0030c..98f0b0532905 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 - Correct the linting logic for `no-restricted-path` to ignore trailing slashes ([#3020](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3020))
 - [Tests] Bumps `chromedriver` to v107 ([#3017](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3017))
 - [Vis Builder] Adds field unit tests ([#3211](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3211))
+- [BWC Tests] Add BWC tests for 2.6.0 ([#2890](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2890))
 
 ## [2.x]
 
diff --git a/bwctest.sh b/bwctest.sh
index 4749b99f1012..1b44d15b64cf 100755
--- a/bwctest.sh
+++ b/bwctest.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
-DEFAULT_VERSIONS="osd-2.0.0,osd-2.1.0,osd-2.2.0,osd-2.3.0,osd-2.4.0"
+DEFAULT_VERSIONS="osd-2.0.0,osd-2.1.0,osd-2.2.0,osd-2.3.0,osd-2.4.0,osd-2.5.0"
 
 function usage() {
     echo ""
diff --git a/cypress/test-data/with-security/osd-2.5.0.tar.gz b/cypress/test-data/with-security/osd-2.5.0.tar.gz
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new file mode 100644
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