diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b4c234309..b68d3a4f4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,26 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [0.26.0](https://github.com/maidsafe/self_encryption/compare/v0.25.0...v0.26.0) (2021-08-30)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* **docs:** Complete change of API.
+
+### Features
+
+* **reading:** implement faster reading ([26799d9](https://github.com/maidsafe/self_encryption/commit/26799d93658cbd3b11478aea1ad482ecdb8f25bf))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **benches:** update for min size change ([940f6fe](https://github.com/maidsafe/self_encryption/commit/940f6fefb461fa98bd76b125eedb921bc80f749f))
+* enforce min size, sort keys in new ([e7f4ec0](https://github.com/maidsafe/self_encryption/commit/e7f4ec0eef1343c234e7b69143048250523504d2))
+
+
+* **docs:** add explainer for IV and Pad. ([2d56d1a](https://github.com/maidsafe/self_encryption/commit/2d56d1a9a7999b562e59934a1e825a4a05e0dfa4))
+
 ## [0.25.0](https://github.com/maidsafe/self_encryption/compare/v0.24.3...v0.25.0) (2021-07-06)
 
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f2b4d8f4b..c5b24af43 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,14 +8,13 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "self_encryption"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/self_encryption"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 
 [dependencies]
 aes = "~0.7.4"
 block-modes = "~0.8.1"
 bincode = "1.2.1"
 brotli = "3.3.0"
-bytes = { version = "1.0.1", features = ["serde"] }
 rand = "~0.7.3"
 rand_chacha = "~0.2.2"
 rayon = "1.5.1"
@@ -24,17 +23,21 @@ num_cpus = "1.13.0"
 itertools = "~0.10.0"
 xor_name = "3.1.0"
 
-[dependencies.serde]
-version = "1.0.97"
-features = [ "derive" ]
+  [dependencies.bytes]
+  version = "1.0.1"
+  features = [ "serde" ]
 
-[dependencies.tiny-keccak]
-version = "2.0.2"
-features = [ "sha3" ]
+  [dependencies.serde]
+  version = "1.0.97"
+  features = [ "derive" ]
 
-[dependencies.tokio]
-version = "1.6.0"
-features = [ "macros", "sync", "io-util", "rt", "rt-multi-thread" ]
+  [dependencies.tiny-keccak]
+  version = "2.0.2"
+  features = [ "sha3" ]
+
+  [dependencies.tokio]
+  version = "1.6.0"
+  features = [ "macros", "sync", "io-util", "rt", "rt-multi-thread" ]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = "~0.3"