diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7934bf37f1e..210a849aa4e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 Generated by [`auto-changelog`](https://github.com/CookPete/auto-changelog).
 
 
+## [27.4.0](https://github.com/netlify/cli/compare/v27.3.1...v27.4.0) (2026-08-26)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **status:** --json always emits a JSON object for every auth/link state ([afc1be1](https://github.com/netlify/cli/commit/afc1be187320085e83b5924a39f4e9486906bf22))
+
 ## [27.3.1](https://github.com/netlify/cli/compare/v27.3.0...v27.3.1) (2026-08-25)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 67e84e79ef1..be0d0e1f22c 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "netlify-cli",
-  "version": "27.3.1",
+  "version": "27.4.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "netlify-cli",
-      "version": "27.3.1",
+      "version": "27.4.0",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d5bafe73e46..320aed95c30 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "netlify-cli",
-  "version": "27.3.1",
+  "version": "27.4.0",
   "description": "Netlify command line tool",
   "keywords": [
     "api",