diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c22e22e71..0d248fb94 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.26.0] - 2022-10-20
+
 ### Added
 
 - Added new Fragment (partial configuration) machinery ([#445]).
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 64c2594e2..0599930ee 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description = "Stackable Operator Framework"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 name = "stackable-operator"
-version = "0.25.3"
+version = "0.26.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs"
 
 [dependencies]
@@ -46,4 +46,4 @@ native-tls = ["kube/native-tls"]
 rustls-tls = ["kube/rustls-tls"]
 
 [workspace]
-members = ["stackable-operator-derive"]
\ No newline at end of file
+members = ["stackable-operator-derive"]
diff --git a/stackable-operator-derive/Cargo.toml b/stackable-operator-derive/Cargo.toml
index a0e33ebde..5e03f5c8e 100644
--- a/stackable-operator-derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/stackable-operator-derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description = "Stackable Operator Framework"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 name = "stackable-operator-derive"
-version = "0.25.3"
+version = "0.26.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs"
 
 [lib]