diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index 5d07b0228d5aa..8871fe4b29555 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <!-- Set the Release year during release -->
-    <release-year>2025</release-year>
+    <release-year>2026</release-year>
 
     <!--Whether to proceed to next module if any test failures exist-->
     <maven.test.failure.ignore>true</maven.test.failure.ignore>