diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 072a62bbb9..fbcf272330 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Versioned according to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## [2.26.0] - 2021-09-20
+
 Added:
 
   * `ocrd_utils`: functions for scaling images, #707
@@ -1360,6 +1362,7 @@ Fixed
 Initial Release
 
 <!-- link-labels -->
+[2.26.0]: ../../compare/v2.26.0..v2.25.1
 [2.25.1]: ../../compare/v2.25.1..v2.25.0
 [2.25.0]: ../../compare/v2.25.0..v2.24.0
 [2.24.0]: ../../compare/v2.24.0..v2.23.2
diff --git a/ocrd_utils/setup.py b/ocrd_utils/setup.py
index 55ffd74eb7..53e70b3c04 100644
--- a/ocrd_utils/setup.py
+++ b/ocrd_utils/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='ocrd_utils',
-    version='2.25.1',
+    version='2.26.0',
     description='OCR-D framework - shared code, helpers, constants',
     long_description=open('README.md').read(),
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',