diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 15c053a..286a9c9 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    "packages/middleware-code-coverage": "2.0.2"
+    "packages/middleware-code-coverage": "2.0.3"
 }
diff --git a/packages/middleware-code-coverage/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/middleware-code-coverage/CHANGELOG.md
index f580d2b..363d163 100644
--- a/packages/middleware-code-coverage/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/middleware-code-coverage/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.0.3](https://github.com/UI5/cli-extensions/compare/middleware-code-coverage-v2.0.2...middleware-code-coverage-v2.0.3) (2026-01-28)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **middleware-code-coverage:** Lazy evaluate exclude patterns ([#528](https://github.com/UI5/cli-extensions/issues/528)) ([262f7e7](https://github.com/UI5/cli-extensions/commit/262f7e71d0365e93be4f201a02ede10333f4575d))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* Bump body-parser from 1.20.3 to 2.2.2 ([606e60e](https://github.com/UI5/cli-extensions/commit/606e60e4d48821b38ec83fcf4be66281a6861231))
+* Bump serve-static from 2.2.0 to 2.2.1 ([3906abd](https://github.com/UI5/cli-extensions/commit/3906abd3da1bb34b3453894ab8a3bb713b145c6c))
+
 ## [2.0.2](https://github.com/UI5/cli-extensions/compare/middleware-code-coverage-v2.0.1...middleware-code-coverage-v2.0.2) (2025-10-20)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/middleware-code-coverage/package.json b/packages/middleware-code-coverage/package.json
index 210d3f6..fa0731f 100644
--- a/packages/middleware-code-coverage/package.json
+++ b/packages/middleware-code-coverage/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@ui5/middleware-code-coverage",
-	"version": "2.0.2",
+	"version": "2.0.3",
 	"description": "UI5 CLI middleware to instrument code coverage with Istanbul",
 	"author": {
 		"name": "SAP SE",