diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 74a2b824ca..71bd3f1ea4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ and this project adheres to
 [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+## [0.26.1] 2023-05-03
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/src/backend/interfaces/REST/go.server/cmd/caliopen_rest/cli_cmds/root.go b/src/backend/interfaces/REST/go.server/cmd/caliopen_rest/cli_cmds/root.go
index 83a71192cc..04d265e976 100644
--- a/src/backend/interfaces/REST/go.server/cmd/caliopen_rest/cli_cmds/root.go
+++ b/src/backend/interfaces/REST/go.server/cmd/caliopen_rest/cli_cmds/root.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ var (
 	}
 )
 
-const __version__ = "0.23.0"
+const __version__ = "0.26.1"
 
 func init() {
 	cobra.OnInitialize()