diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a81c71f..aade927 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -72,3 +72,4 @@
 /ignition-2.23.0.tar.gz
 /ignition-2.24.0.tar.gz
 /ignition-2.25.1.tar.gz
+/ignition-2.26.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/ignition.spec b/ignition.spec
index 0cbe7e9..d461698 100644
--- a/ignition.spec
+++ b/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
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index bf119b2..a062cef 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA512 (ignition-2.25.1.tar.gz) = 8ca2bd96cdff8986e09371a9357975883c655dc6c16eb481ffd2772de37515fe64060ca575b3e4ac25a626b4701c65e5f5a8707ff62f37791f65ec321f7bb3a6
+SHA512 (ignition-2.26.0.tar.gz) = 365072e3b9d11be9e0e6008d2e7fbff5a6583f393a9b1860d95ee4bccde1680306d0d063e844dd1ea59968ea4661105210d9c17cf6001a9c1d04a1861505406e
 SHA512 (ignition-edge-b8d1b7a.tar.gz) = 4ad167d89a4efeca8a24f24fe5a0bd2e5a1acfa86eb21653d84ad136236c727c328e7da890f3294a2e81b32e7b52435713e71fdbdd9d93d815f1c202b4f49f36