diff --git a/doc/release-notes/official.md b/doc/release-notes/official.md
index 0623acfd0d..aa77eef37e 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes/official.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes/official.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 <sup><sup>*Release notes were automatically generated by [Shipkit](http://shipkit.org/)*</sup></sup>
 
+#### 2.26.0
+ - 2019-04-04 - [1 commit](https://github.com/mockito/mockito/compare/v2.25.7...v2.26.0) by [Tim van der Lippe](https://github.com/TimvdLippe) - published to [![Bintray](https://img.shields.io/badge/Bintray-2.26.0-green.svg)](https://bintray.com/mockito/maven/mockito/2.26.0)
+ - No pull requests referenced in commit messages.
+
 #### 2.25.7
  - 2019-03-28 - [4 commits](https://github.com/mockito/mockito/compare/v2.25.6...v2.25.7) by [Bruno Bonanno](https://github.com/bbonanno) (3), [Szczepan Faber](https://github.com/mockitoguy) (1) - published to [![Bintray](https://img.shields.io/badge/Bintray-2.25.7-green.svg)](https://bintray.com/mockito/maven/mockito-development/2.25.7)
  - New public API: invocation.getArgumentsAsMatchers() [(#1665)](https://github.com/mockito/mockito/pull/1665)
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index a182b142ec..7214ac3fb5 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #Currently building Mockito version
-version=2.26.0
+version=2.26.1
 
 #Previous version used to generate release notes delta
-previousVersion=2.25.7
+previousVersion=2.26.0
 
 #Not published currently, see https://github.com/mockito/mockito/issues/962
 mockito.testng.version=1.0