diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index ef5297d2..d6c893b8 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,25 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
+0.26.0 (2022-06-06)
+-------------------
+
+A full list of commits for 0.26.0 can be found at:
+
+https://github.com/geopython/OWSLib/commits/0.26.0
+
+- ISO: extend MD_Keywords for gmx:Anchor (#765)
+- WPS: forward timeout/language parameters (#793)
+- WPS: use 'maximumMegabytes' if available (#796)
+- OGC API: safeguard links
+- OGC API: add support for OGC API - Features - Part 3: CQL (#798)
+- OGC API: rename rangeSubset to properties for coverage queries (#806)
+- OGC API: fix subsets parameterization (#819)
+- CSW: pass headers to HTTP POST requests (#805)
+- WCS: pass timeout to constructors (#812)
+- CSW: fix byte/string handling for XML payloads (#816)
+- ISO: fix gmd:edition parsing (#821)
+
 0.25.0 (2021-08-23)
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 9f90dda3..4e8f395f 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.26.dev0
+0.26.0
diff --git a/owslib/__init__.py b/owslib/__init__.py
index 503e375d..826d20e8 100644
--- a/owslib/__init__.py
+++ b/owslib/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.26.dev0'
+__version__ = '0.26.0'