diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index ef69759..16b87ca 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Copyright>Copyright © 2013-2024 Akka.NET Project</Copyright>
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);CS1591;NU1701;CA1707;</NoWarn>
-    <VersionPrefix>1.5.25</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>1.5.26</VersionPrefix>
     <Authors>Akka.NET Team</Authors>
     <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/akkadotnet/Akka.Persistence.EventStore</PackageProjectUrl>
     <PackageReleaseNotes>Serialization changes to match 1.4 API
diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 378a6af..a0d4bcb 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>true</ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>
-    <AkkaVersion>1.5.25</AkkaVersion>
+    <AkkaVersion>1.5.26</AkkaVersion>
     <EventStoreVersion>23.3.3</EventStoreVersion>
     <XunitVersion>2.8.1</XunitVersion>
     <TestSdkVersion>17.10.0</TestSdkVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <!-- Akka.NET Package Versions -->
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageVersion Include="Akka.Persistence.Hosting" Version="$(AkkaVersion)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Akka.Persistence.Hosting" Version="1.5.25" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Akka" Version="$(AkkaVersion)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Akka.Persistence" Version="$(AkkaVersion)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Akka.Persistence.Query" Version="$(AkkaVersion)" />
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <!-- Testing Utilities -->
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageVersion Include="Akka.Persistence.TCK" Version="$(AkkaVersion)" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Akka.Hosting.TestKit" Version="$(AkkaVersion)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Akka.Hosting.TestKit" Version="1.5.25" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" Version="8.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="$(TestSdkVersion)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit" Version="$(XunitVersion)" />
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 0ba745d..bc22fe9 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+#### 1.5.25 June 28 2024 ####
+Upgrade Akka to version 1.5.26
+[Fix for an issue](https://github.com/akkadotnet/Akka.Persistence.EventStore/pull/45) where tagged query would fail if some matching
+events was deleted
+
 #### 1.5.25 June 18 2024 ####
 Upgrade Akka to version 1.5.25
 Upgrade EventStore to version 23.3.3