diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f8ceeab1..db8da016 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## 0.26.0 / 2022-08-23
+## 0.26.0 / 2023-08-23
 
 * [CHANGE] Telegram Integration: `api_url` is now optional. #2981
 * [CHANGE] Telegram Integration: `ParseMode` default is now `HTML` instead of `MarkdownV2`. #2981
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f11cd744..4e8f395f 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.26.0-rc.0
+0.26.0