diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 434c0b9e5..7e5c16f59 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,28 @@
+## master / unreleased
+
+BREAKING CHANGES:
+
+Changes:
+
+* [CHANGE]
+* [FEATURE]
+* [ENHANCEMENT]
+* [BUGFIX]
+
+## 0.26.0 / 2025-02-26
+
+* [CHANGE] adopt log/slog, drop go-kit/log #1311
+* [FEATURE] Add metric to record tls ciphersuite negotiated during handshake #1203
+* [FEATURE] Add a way to export labels with content matched by the probe #1284
+* [FEATURE] Reports Certificate Serial number #1333
+* [ENHANCEMENT] Enable misspell linter #1248
+* [ENHANCEMENT] Fix incorrect parameters name in documentation #1126
+* [ENHANCEMENT] Add stale workflow to start sync with stale.yaml in prometheus #1170
+* [ENHANCEMENT] Update CONFIGURATION.md to clarify that valid_status_codes expects a list #1335
+* [ENHANCEMENT] Skip failing IPv6 tests in test CI Pipeline #1342
+* [ENHANCEMENT] Add RabbitMQ probe example #1349
+* [BUGFIX] Only register grpc TLS metrics on successful handshake #1338
+
 ## 0.25.0 / 2024-04-09
 
 * [FEATURE] Allow to get Probe logs by target #1063
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index d21d277be..4e8f395fa 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.25.0
+0.26.0