diff --git a/.zenodo.json b/.zenodo.json
index 16bd6317b36..67aecf49ac8 100644
--- a/.zenodo.json
+++ b/.zenodo.json
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   "description": "Experiment-independent toolkit for (charged) particle track reconstruction in (high energy) physics experiments implemented in modern C++ ",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
-  "title": "acts-project/acts: v25.0.0",
-  "version": "v25.0.0",
+  "title": "acts-project/acts: v26.0.0",
+  "version": "v26.0.0",
   "upload_type": "software",
   "creators": [
     {
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 5b4f868dc1b..30dcfbc6453 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ authors:
   given-names: Stephen Nicholas
   orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3747-3229
 cff-version: 1.1.0
-date-released: '2023-04-21'
+date-released: '2023-05-22'
 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.5141419
 license: MPL-2.0
 message: If you use this software, please cite it using these metadata.
 repository-code: https://github.com/acts-project/acts
 title: A Common Tracking Software Project
-version: v25.0.0
+version: v26.0.0
diff --git a/version_number b/version_number
index 9541491b871..c0c550c07b0 100644
--- a/version_number
+++ b/version_number
@@ -1 +1 @@
-25.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
+26.0.0
\ No newline at end of file