diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f2538f8b5..bc584045a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.25.0
\ No newline at end of file
+1.26.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/messages.json b/messages.json
index 30cf4dde0..2302b1327 100644
--- a/messages.json
+++ b/messages.json
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     "1.23.0": "messages/1.23.0.txt",
     "1.24.0": "messages/1.24.0.txt",
     "1.25.0": "messages/1.25.0.txt",
+    "1.26.0": "messages/1.26.0.txt",
     "1.3.0": "messages/1.3.0.txt",
     "1.3.1": "messages/1.3.1.txt",
     "1.4.0": "messages/1.4.0.txt",
diff --git a/messages/1.26.0.txt b/messages/1.26.0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e08d36cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/messages/1.26.0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+=> 1.26.0
+
+⚠️⚠️⚠️
+To ensure that everything works properly after LSP package is updated, it's strongly recommended
+to restart Sublime Text once it finishes updating all packages.
+⚠️⚠️⚠️
+
+# New features
+
+- Add support for remote images in hover popups (#2341) (jwortmann)
+- Add kind filter for Goto Symbol command (#2330) (jwortmann)
+- Handle multiple formatters (#2328) (jwortmann)
+- Add support for folding range request (#2304) (jwortmann)
+- Add support for multi-range formatting (#2299) (jwortmann)
+
+# Improvements
+
+- Handle custom URI schemes in hover text links (#2339) (Raoul Wols)
+- Sort and select closest result for Find References in quick panel (#2337) (jwortmann)
+- Improve signature help performance (#2329) (jwortmann)
+- Align "Expand Selection" fallback behavior with "Goto Definition" and "Find References" (Janos Wortmann)
+- support client config with `tcp_port` but without `command` (#2300) (Marek Budík)
+
+# Fixes
+
+- check `codeAction/resolve` capability against session buffer (#2343) (1900 TD Lemon)
+- Minor visual tweaks to ShowMessageRequest popup (#2340) (Rafał Chłodnicki)
+- fix "formatting on save" potentially running on outdated document state (Rafal Chlodnicki)
diff --git a/plugin/core/version.py b/plugin/core/version.py
index 1952e1925..feeea5da7 100644
--- a/plugin/core/version.py
+++ b/plugin/core/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = (1, 25, 0)
+__version__ = (1, 26, 0)