diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7079af7..9fabce7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -46,3 +46,5 @@
 /coreos-installer-0.24.0-vendor.tar.gz
 /coreos-installer-0.25.0.crate
 /coreos-installer-0.25.0-vendor.tar.gz
+/coreos-installer-0.26.0.crate
+/coreos-installer-0.26.0-vendor.tar.gz
diff --git a/0001-install-check-if-firstboot-args-are-defined-and-add-.patch b/0001-install-check-if-firstboot-args-are-defined-and-add-.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 24d641a..0000000
--- a/0001-install-check-if-firstboot-args-are-defined-and-add-.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-From a5b314f36ef805f6581c408abc4e9607a2f2ad04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: yasminvalim <ydesouza@redhat.com>
-Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 10:44:55 -0300
-Subject: [PATCH 1/2] install: check if firstboot args are defined and add them
- manually if necessary
-
-(cherry picked from commit f43c6ad77841761b5f2386bb670664fe18184efb)
----
- src/cmdline/install.rs | 8 +++++++-
- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/cmdline/install.rs b/src/cmdline/install.rs
-index 885ca73..206d602 100644
---- a/src/cmdline/install.rs
-+++ b/src/cmdline/install.rs
-@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ impl InstallConfig {
-             return Ok(self);
-         }
- 
--        let args = self
-+        let mut args = self
-             .config_file
-             .iter()
-             .map(|path| {
-@@ -295,6 +295,12 @@ impl InstallConfig {
-             )
-             .collect::<Vec<_>>();
- 
-+        // If firstboot-args is defined, add it manually
-+        if let Some(firstboot_args) = &self.firstboot_args {
-+            args.push("--firstboot-args".to_string());
-+            args.push(firstboot_args.clone());
-+        }
-+
-         println!("Running with arguments: {}", args.join(" "));
-         Self::from_args(&args)
-     }
--- 
-2.51.1
-
diff --git a/0002-install-add-unit-tests.patch b/0002-install-add-unit-tests.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index af9bf1e..0000000
--- a/0002-install-add-unit-tests.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-From dbf43bbc22bc6f4e873d442ca537e25d2288cb0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: yasminvalim <ydesouza@redhat.com>
-Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 11:42:48 -0300
-Subject: [PATCH 2/2] install: add unit tests
-
-(cherry picked from commit 26094bf552f5ddf3fec974c1f7e7b468bbe4b9e6)
----
- src/cmdline/install.rs | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/src/cmdline/install.rs b/src/cmdline/install.rs
-index 206d602..915db59 100644
---- a/src/cmdline/install.rs
-+++ b/src/cmdline/install.rs
-@@ -584,4 +584,30 @@ dest-device: u
-         .expand_config_files()
-         .unwrap_err();
-     }
-+
-+    /// Test that firstboot-args is manually added to args list when defined
-+    #[test]
-+    fn test_firstboot_args_manually_added() {
-+        let mut f = NamedTempFile::new().unwrap();
-+        f.as_file_mut().write_all(b"dest-device: /dev/sda").unwrap();
-+
-+        let config = InstallConfig::from_args(&[
-+            "--config-file",
-+            f.path().to_str().unwrap(),
-+            "--firstboot-args",
-+            "ip=dhcp",
-+        ])
-+        .unwrap();
-+
-+        // Verify firstboot-args is defined
-+        assert!(config.firstboot_args.is_some());
-+        assert_eq!(config.firstboot_args.as_ref().unwrap(), "ip=dhcp");
-+
-+        // Test expand_config_files to verify manual addition
-+        let expanded = config.expand_config_files().unwrap();
-+
-+        // Should still have firstboot-args
-+        assert!(expanded.firstboot_args.is_some());
-+        assert_eq!(expanded.firstboot_args.unwrap(), "ip=dhcp");
-+    }
- }
--- 
-2.51.1
-
diff --git a/rust-coreos-installer.spec b/rust-coreos-installer.spec
index 7f70dd6..55e54d4 100644
--- a/rust-coreos-installer.spec
+++ b/rust-coreos-installer.spec
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 %global crate coreos-installer
 
 Name:           rust-%{crate}
-Version:        0.25.0
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        0.26.0
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Installer for Fedora CoreOS and RHEL CoreOS
 
 # Upstream license specification: Apache-2.0
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ Source0:        https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/%{crate}/%{version}/download#/%{
 Source1:        https://github.com/coreos/%{crate}/releases/download/v%{version}/%{crate}-%{version}-vendor.tar.gz
 Source2:        https://github.com/coreos/coreos-installer-dracut/archive/%{dracutcommit}/coreos-installer-dracut-%{dracutshortcommit}.tar.gz
 
-# https://github.com/coreos/coreos-installer/pull/1699
-Patch0: 0001-install-check-if-firstboot-args-are-defined-and-add-.patch
-Patch1: 0002-install-add-unit-tests.patch
-
 ExclusiveArch:  %{rust_arches}
 %if 0%{?rhel} && !0%{?eln}
 BuildRequires:  rust-toolset
@@ -177,6 +173,9 @@ from the initramfs.
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Mar 10 2026 Yasmin de Souza <ydesouza@redhat.com> - 0.26.0-1
+- new version
+
 * Fri Oct 24 2025 Aashish Radhakrishnan - 0.25.0-1
 - New upstream release
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 94d6676..ef5edaa 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-SHA512 (coreos-installer-0.25.0.crate) = 39ee5582b91e7d940d2ac5f7b36b7f4113a1db625db155291928660a81f96a124afdde9781f552dfb2bc71931f91189b344ee7d1b5c5175e10d8fd45935da8e8
-SHA512 (coreos-installer-0.25.0-vendor.tar.gz) = 4d039c5dd77cc337123de46fbf06c819848d6570eeda6201e3fb1f7afd7e2915b96761c594360ff9b93430637b545d92363190e1150a37d4f5277b042fdf35b8
+SHA512 (coreos-installer-0.26.0.crate) = 642e562812f6923b22cb7888f71d3e23f574fb046c76f42165e4c6c4820557a94ae87fd0f0e2ec170eee1299f3b46db0ebe4957c8b4650654bfaf7b37d838489
+SHA512 (coreos-installer-0.26.0-vendor.tar.gz) = b5022b7440bfb7f59beadd451753dca65e68678757dd76e51789ed593992bd60f8eb1b37b07fe91b1473c1b900960a06e661a3c8c050165f9bf89bafde1857f0
 SHA512 (coreos-installer-dracut-7181733.tar.gz) = a03e3e90f355690eda974335e2189c69837f7f0ceb456a449b2de6ce4b24ca098d3f0ea51ddcab35ab354a5070e4b0525188dfbbff8056cfc62bbcdded10647c