Prepare for 9.5.0 (#3152)

Signed-off-by: Addisu Z. Taddese <[email protected]>

Author: azeey

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.22.1 FATAL_ERROR)
 #============================================================================
 # Initialize the project
 #============================================================================
-project(gz-sim9 VERSION 9.4.0)
+project(gz-sim9 VERSION 9.5.0)
 set (GZ_DISTRIBUTION "Ionic")
 
 #============================================================================

Changelog.md

@@ -1,5 +1,28 @@
 ## Gazebo Sim 9.x
 
+### Gazebo Sim 9.5.0 (2025-10-23)
+
+1. Clean up temporary home directory to make tests more robust
+    * [Pull request #3146](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/3146)
+
+1. Fix UserCommands services so that they return the actual status the executed command
+    * [Pull request #2999](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2999)
+
+1. Add EntitySemantics system that enables setting categories and tags
+    * [Pull request #3005](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/3005)
+
+1. Disable failing test on macOS in EntityComponentManager_TEST
+    * [Pull request #3113](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/3113)
+
+1. Refactor Transport service handlers `UserCommands`
+    * [Pull request #2996](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2996)
+
+1. Expose APIs for clearing the ECMs internal state tracking addition and removal
+    * [Pull request #3002](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/3002)
+
+1. Fix xml syntax in shadow texture size tutorial
+    * [Pull request #3111](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/3111)
+
 ### Gazebo Sim 9.4.0 (2025-09-08)
 
 1. Fix crash when setting debug visualization mode while gi is disabled (backport #3059)

package.xml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <?xml-model href="http://download.ros.org/schema/package_format2.xsd" schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
 <package format="2">
   <name>gz-sim9</name>
-  <version>9.4.0</version>
+  <version>9.5.0</version>
   <description>Gazebo Sim : A Robotic Simulator</description>
   <maintainer email="[email protected]">Michael Carroll</maintainer>
   <license>Apache License 2.0</license>