diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 1f59dd88a..7548d8271 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## __NEXT__
 
+
+## 26.1.0 (12 November 2024)
+
 ### Features
 
 * ancestral, translate: Add `--skip-validation` as an alias to `--validation-mode=skip`. [#1656][] (@victorlin)
diff --git a/augur/__version__.py b/augur/__version__.py
index ddd459526..8d0800fc0 100644
--- a/augur/__version__.py
+++ b/augur/__version__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '26.0.0'
+__version__ = '26.1.0'
 
 
 def is_augur_version_compatible(version):