diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 248fc8b15..dbbfbbd4d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+# v6.26.0
+- [#3769](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/3769), [#3772](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/3772), [#3774](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/3774), [#3775](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/3775), [#3776](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/3776), [#3782](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/3782), [#3783](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/3783) **Added support for RandomX v2.**
+- [#3746](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/3746) RISC-V: vectorized RandomX main loop.
+- [#3748](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/3748) RISC-V: auto-detect and use vector code for all RandomX AES functions.
+- [#3749](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/3749) RISC-V: detect and use hardware AES.
+- [#3750](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/3750) RISC-V: use vector hardware AES instead of scalar.
+- [#3757](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/3757) RISC-V: Fixed scratchpad prefetch, removed an unnecessary instruction.
+- [#3758](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/3758) RandomX: added VAES-512 support for Zen5.
+- [#3759](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/3759) RandomX: Optimized VAES code.
+- [#3762](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/3762) Fixed keepalive timer logic.
+- [#3778](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/3778) RandomX: ARM64 fixes.
+- [#3784](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/3784) Fixed OpenCL address-space mismatch in `keccak_f800_round`.
+- [#3785](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/3785) Don't reset nonce during donation rounds.
+
 # v6.25.0
 - [#3680](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/3680) Added `armv8l` to the list of 32-bit ARM targets.
 - [#3708](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/3708) Minor Aarch64 JIT changes (better instruction selection, don't emit instructions that add 0, etc).
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 9adf122f1..91a1da725 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* XMRig
- * Copyright (c) 2018-2025 SChernykh   <https://github.com/SChernykh>
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2025 XMRig       <https://github.com/xmrig>, <support@xmrig.com>
+ * Copyright (c) 2018-2026 SChernykh   <https://github.com/SChernykh>
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2026 XMRig       <https://github.com/xmrig>, <support@xmrig.com>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
  */
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@
 #define APP_ID        "xmrig"
 #define APP_NAME      "XMRig"
 #define APP_DESC      "XMRig miner"
-#define APP_VERSION   "6.25.1-dev"
+#define APP_VERSION   "6.26.0-dev"
 #define APP_DOMAIN    "xmrig.com"
 #define APP_SITE      "www.xmrig.com"
-#define APP_COPYRIGHT "Copyright (C) 2016-2025 xmrig.com"
+#define APP_COPYRIGHT "Copyright (C) 2016-2026 xmrig.com"
 #define APP_KIND      "miner"
 
 #define APP_VER_MAJOR  6
-#define APP_VER_MINOR  25
-#define APP_VER_PATCH  1
+#define APP_VER_MINOR  26
+#define APP_VER_PATCH  0
 
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 #   if (_MSC_VER >= 1950)