diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index 8791cd68242f..6a6e98ba7eaf 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="Version settings">
     <AspNetCoreMajorVersion>8</AspNetCoreMajorVersion>
     <AspNetCoreMinorVersion>0</AspNetCoreMinorVersion>
-    <AspNetCorePatchVersion>25</AspNetCorePatchVersion>
+    <AspNetCorePatchVersion>26</AspNetCorePatchVersion>
     <PreReleaseVersionIteration>
     </PreReleaseVersionIteration>
     <IdentityModelVersion Condition="'$(IsIdentityModelTestJob)' != 'true'">7.1.2</IdentityModelVersion>