diff --git a/release-notes.md b/release-notes.md
index 9ff3a94..5fbef26 100644
--- a/release-notes.md
+++ b/release-notes.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Latest Changes
 
+## 0.26.0 (2026-09-10)
+
 ### Features
 
 * ✨ Show backend build failure guidance. PR [#354](https://github.com/fastapilabs/fastapi-cloud-cli/pull/354) by [@patrick91](https://github.com/patrick91).
diff --git a/src/fastapi_cloud_cli/__init__.py b/src/fastapi_cloud_cli/__init__.py
index 6fea77c..7c4a959 100644
--- a/src/fastapi_cloud_cli/__init__.py
+++ b/src/fastapi_cloud_cli/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.25.0"
+__version__ = "0.26.0"