diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9766eeb..8bfbc04 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SOURCES/ignition-2.25.1.tar.gz
+SOURCES/ignition-2.26.0.tar.gz
 SOURCES/ignition-edge-b8d1b7a.tar.gz
diff --git a/.ignition.metadata b/.ignition.metadata
index 76e59ec..f90e979 100644
--- a/.ignition.metadata
+++ b/.ignition.metadata
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-ec6e405f3d7ab0cc64ef25adc828b0a88ed771a7 SOURCES/ignition-2.25.1.tar.gz
+dc3435c8edfcc34fad5f53c4258d7e1e1381ce5b SOURCES/ignition-2.26.0.tar.gz
 0069b62bce8673f82ac6a4b9959ec8db4ffed8ad SOURCES/ignition-edge-b8d1b7a.tar.gz
diff --git a/SPECS/ignition.spec b/SPECS/ignition.spec
index 0cbe7e9..d461698 100644
--- a/SPECS/ignition.spec
+++ b/SPECS/ignition.spec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # https://github.com/coreos/ignition
 %global goipath         github.com/coreos/ignition
 %global gomodulesmode   GO111MODULE=on
-Version:                2.25.1
+Version:                2.26.0
 
 %gometa
 
@@ -389,6 +389,9 @@ install -p -m 0755 ./ignition %{buildroot}/%{dracutlibdir}/modules.d/30ignition
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Mar 09 2026 Yasmin de Souza <ydesouza@redhat.com> - 2.26.0-1
+- new version
+
 * Mon Jan 12 2026 Yasmin de Souza <ydesouza@redhat.com> - 2.25.1-1
 - new version