diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 90ca35ffe..2856a2d6b 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.26.0
+current_version = 0.26.1
 commit = False
 tag = False
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0930c3842..ee1f1af96 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.26.1](https://github.com/plus3it/watchmaker/releases/tag/0.26.1)
+
+**Released**: 2023.02.08
+
+**Summary**:
+
+*   Uses pyinstaller directly to build standalone packages, eliminating dependency
+    on gravitybee
+*   Uses new python apis to reference package metadata and resources, improving
+    support for alternative packaging methods, like in-memory runtimes (pyoxidizer)
+    or ziparchives
+*   Adds PEP517 package metadata
+*   [Alpha] Allows watchmaker to run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Centos 8 Stream,
+    Oracle Linux 8, Alma Linux 8, and Rocky Linux 8. Currently on the ash-linux
+    hardening formula will work; none of the other salt formulas have yet been
+    updated for EL8 support
+
 ## 0.26.0
 
 **Commit Delta**: [Change from 0.25.0 release](https://github.com/plus3it/watchmaker/compare/0.25.0...0.26.0)
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 87bd44cc1..2922f2d10 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@
 linkcheck_ignore = [
     r'https://github\.com/plus3it/watchmaker/compare/(\d+\.){3}\.(\.\d+){3}',
     r'https://github\.com/plus3it/watchmaker/compare/(\d+\.){3}\.(\.x){3}',
+    r'https://github\.com/plus3it/watchmaker/releases/tag/.*',
     r'https://watchmaker\.cloudarmor\.io/releases/.*$',
     r'https://watchmaker\.cloudarmor\.io/.*#.*',
     r'https://docs\.saltstack\.com/en/latest/ref/modules/all/[a-z\.]*#[a-z\.]*',  # noqa: E501, pylint: disable=line-too-long
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 578427561..ac321907b 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 [metadata]
 name = watchmaker
 description = Applied Configuration Management
-version = 0.26.0
+version = 0.26.1
 long_description = file: README.md, CHANGELOG.md
 long_description_content_type = text/markdown
 author = Plus3IT Maintainers of Watchmaker