diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f1c44f22..398565f6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
 cmake_policy(SET CMP0091 NEW) # enable new "MSVC runtime library selection" (https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/variable/CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY.html)
 
 project(libCZI 
-      VERSION 0.62.5
+      VERSION 0.62.6
       HOMEPAGE_URL "https://github.com/ZEISS/libczi"
       DESCRIPTION "libCZI is an Open Source Cross-Platform C++ library to read and write CZI")
 
diff --git a/Src/libCZI/Doc/version-history.markdown b/Src/libCZI/Doc/version-history.markdown
index 6a86680d..fca07623 100644
--- a/Src/libCZI/Doc/version-history.markdown
+++ b/Src/libCZI/Doc/version-history.markdown
@@ -31,4 +31,5 @@ version history                 {#version_history}
  0.62.2             | [115](https://github.com/ZEISS/libczi/pull/115)      | enabling building with clang on windows
  0.62.3             | [116](https://github.com/ZEISS/libczi/pull/116)      | enable long paths on Windows for CZIcmd, add Windows-ARM64 build
  0.62.4             | [117](https://github.com/ZEISS/libczi/pull/117)      | fix build with private RapidJSON library
- 0.62.5             | [119](https://github.com/ZEISS/libczi/pull/119)      | fix a discrepancy between code and documentation
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+ 0.62.5             | [119](https://github.com/ZEISS/libczi/pull/119)      | fix a discrepancy between code and documentation
+ 0.62.6             | [120](https://github.com/ZEISS/libczi/pull/120)      | fix workload identity in the azure blob inputstream
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diff --git a/Src/libCZI/StreamsLib/azureblobinputstream.cpp b/Src/libCZI/StreamsLib/azureblobinputstream.cpp
index 47d4a1d7..beb60a15 100644
--- a/Src/libCZI/StreamsLib/azureblobinputstream.cpp
+++ b/Src/libCZI/StreamsLib/azureblobinputstream.cpp
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ void AzureBlobInputStream::CreateWithCreateAzureCliCredential(const std::map<std
 
 void AzureBlobInputStream::CreateWithWorkloadIdentityCredential(const std::map<std::wstring, std::wstring>& tokenized_file_name, const std::map<int, libCZI::StreamsFactory::Property>& property_bag)
 {
-    this->CreateWithCredential(tokenized_file_name, property_bag, AzureBlobInputStream::CreateAzureCliCredential);
+    this->CreateWithCredential(tokenized_file_name, property_bag, AzureBlobInputStream::CreateWorkloadIdentityCredential);
 }
 
 void AzureBlobInputStream::CreateWithManagedIdentityCredential(const std::map<std::wstring, std::wstring>& tokenized_file_name, const std::map<int, libCZI::StreamsFactory::Property>& property_bag)