diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e809f0cd3..f2ac53e50 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@
 
 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.
 
+<a name="1.26.0"></a>
+# [1.26.0](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost-CLI/compare/v1.25.3...v1.26.0) (2024-03-19)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* change default mysql hostname on new sites from localhost to 127.0.0.1 to use ipv4 ([526d080](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost-CLI/commit/526d080))
+
+
+
 <a name="1.25.3"></a>
 ## [1.25.3](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost-CLI/compare/v1.25.2...v1.25.3) (2023-10-11)
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b90aa6e7d..da4f94cf7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ghost-cli",
-  "version": "1.25.3",
+  "version": "1.26.0",
   "description": "CLI Tool for installing & updating Ghost",
   "author": "Ghost Foundation",
   "homepage": "https://ghost.org",