diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e6b0088..d67f3ae 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ and this project adheres to
 
 ---
 
+## [0.18.0] - 2024-10-22
+
+### Added
+
+- Support for opentelemetry 0.26, now the default version.
+
+---
+
 ## [0.17.0] - 2024-09-27
 
 ### Added
@@ -467,8 +475,8 @@ Request::rest(&bridge).send()
 
 The old API is still available but deprecated. It will be removed soon.
 
-
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/primait/bridge.rs/compare/0.17.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/primait/bridge.rs/compare/0.18.0...HEAD
+[0.18.0]: https://github.com/primait/bridge.rs/compare/0.17.0...0.18.0
 [0.17.0]: https://github.com/primait/bridge.rs/compare/0.16.6...0.17.0
 [0.16.6]: https://github.com/primait/bridge.rs/compare/0.16.5...0.16.6
 [0.16.5]: https://github.com/primait/bridge.rs/compare/0.16.4...0.16.5
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b36bff6..8a78db5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ license = "MIT"
 name = "prima_bridge"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/primait/bridge.rs"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 # See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/107557
 rust-version = "1.72"
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ default = ["tracing_opentelemetry"]
 auth0 = ["rand", "redis", "jsonwebtoken", "chrono", "chacha20poly1305", "dashmap", "tracing"]
 gzip = ["reqwest/gzip"]
 redis-tls = ["redis/tls", "redis/tokio-native-tls-comp"]
-tracing_opentelemetry = [ "tracing_opentelemetry_0_25" ]
+tracing_opentelemetry = [ "tracing_opentelemetry_0_26" ]
 
 tracing_opentelemetry_0_20 = ["_any_otel_version", "tracing", "tracing-opentelemetry_0_21_pkg", "opentelemetry_0_20_pkg"]
 tracing_opentelemetry_0_21 = ["_any_otel_version", "tracing", "tracing-opentelemetry_0_22_pkg", "opentelemetry_0_21_pkg", "opentelemetry_sdk_0_21_pkg"]
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ tracing_opentelemetry_0_22 = ["_any_otel_version", "tracing", "tracing-opentelem
 tracing_opentelemetry_0_23 = ["_any_otel_version", "tracing", "tracing-opentelemetry_0_24_pkg", "opentelemetry_0_23_pkg", "opentelemetry_sdk_0_23_pkg"]
 tracing_opentelemetry_0_24 = ["_any_otel_version", "tracing", "tracing-opentelemetry_0_25_pkg", "opentelemetry_0_24_pkg", "opentelemetry_sdk_0_24_pkg"]
 tracing_opentelemetry_0_25 = ["_any_otel_version", "tracing", "tracing-opentelemetry_0_26_pkg", "opentelemetry_0_25_pkg", "opentelemetry_sdk_0_25_pkg"]
+tracing_opentelemetry_0_26 = ["_any_otel_version", "tracing", "tracing-opentelemetry_0_27_pkg", "opentelemetry_0_26_pkg", "opentelemetry_sdk_0_26_pkg"]
 
 _any_otel_version = []
 
@@ -55,17 +56,20 @@ opentelemetry_0_22_pkg = { package = "opentelemetry", version = "0.22", optional
 opentelemetry_0_23_pkg = { package = "opentelemetry", version = "0.23", optional = true }
 opentelemetry_0_24_pkg = { package = "opentelemetry", version = "0.24", optional = true }
 opentelemetry_0_25_pkg = { package = "opentelemetry", version = "0.25", optional = true }
+opentelemetry_0_26_pkg = { package = "opentelemetry", version = "0.26", optional = true }
 opentelemetry_sdk_0_21_pkg = { package = "opentelemetry_sdk", version = "0.21", optional = true }
 opentelemetry_sdk_0_22_pkg = { package = "opentelemetry_sdk", version = "0.22", optional = true }
 opentelemetry_sdk_0_23_pkg = { package = "opentelemetry_sdk", version = "0.23", optional = true }
 opentelemetry_sdk_0_24_pkg = { package = "opentelemetry_sdk", version = "0.24", optional = true }
 opentelemetry_sdk_0_25_pkg = { package = "opentelemetry_sdk", version = "0.25", optional = true }
+opentelemetry_sdk_0_26_pkg = { package = "opentelemetry_sdk", version = "0.26", optional = true }
 tracing-opentelemetry_0_21_pkg = { package = "tracing-opentelemetry", version = "0.21", optional = true }
 tracing-opentelemetry_0_22_pkg = { package = "tracing-opentelemetry", version = "0.22", optional = true }
 tracing-opentelemetry_0_23_pkg = { package = "tracing-opentelemetry", version = "0.23", optional = true }
 tracing-opentelemetry_0_24_pkg = { package = "tracing-opentelemetry", version = "0.24", optional = true }
 tracing-opentelemetry_0_25_pkg = { package = "tracing-opentelemetry", version = "0.25", optional = true }
 tracing-opentelemetry_0_26_pkg = { package = "tracing-opentelemetry", version = "0.26", optional = true }
+tracing-opentelemetry_0_27_pkg = { package = "tracing-opentelemetry", version = "0.27", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 flate2 = "1.0"
diff --git a/src/request/otel.rs b/src/request/otel.rs
index 2b0a1fc..ea24fb3 100644
--- a/src/request/otel.rs
+++ b/src/request/otel.rs
@@ -66,6 +66,17 @@ mod otel_0_25 {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "tracing_opentelemetry_0_26")]
+mod otel_0_26 {
+    pub use opentelemetry_0_26_pkg::propagation::{Injector, TextMapPropagator};
+    pub use opentelemetry_sdk_0_26_pkg::propagation::TraceContextPropagator;
+    pub use tracing_opentelemetry_0_27_pkg::OpenTelemetrySpanExt;
+
+    pub fn inject_context(injector: &mut dyn Injector) {
+        TraceContextPropagator::new().inject_context(&tracing::Span::current().context(), injector);
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "tracing_opentelemetry_0_20")]
 pub use otel_0_20::inject_context;
 
@@ -83,3 +94,6 @@ pub use otel_0_24::inject_context;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "tracing_opentelemetry_0_25")]
 pub use otel_0_25::inject_context;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "tracing_opentelemetry_0_26")]
+pub use otel_0_26::inject_context;