diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4c5bab2f8..bf8593abf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,29 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.26.0](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-jdbc-socket-factory/compare/v1.25.3...v1.26.0) (2025-10-09)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add DnsJavaResolver and related test ([#2193](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-jdbc-socket-factory/issues/2193)) ([28d0192](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-jdbc-socket-factory/commit/28d019211135dcf4482dfa831dd45e5297dd7a35))
+* Metadata Exchange support for the Java connector. ([#2200](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-jdbc-socket-factory/issues/2200)) ([243bee0](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-jdbc-socket-factory/commit/243bee0bbd8a8c1da31dd80efc04b7bcacb5eb71))
+* remove and replace JndiDnsResolve with DnsJavaResolver ([#2195](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-jdbc-socket-factory/issues/2195)) ([6eabbe1](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-jdbc-socket-factory/commit/6eabbe18896c925d01a61a136a6d27cad7de8e3f))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* build script ([#2194](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-jdbc-socket-factory/issues/2194)) ([0a0c338](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-jdbc-socket-factory/commit/0a0c3380324d932cfc9be9c0c0cebb9adf0c16e2))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* Update dependency com.google.http-client:google-http-client to v2 ([#2189](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-jdbc-socket-factory/issues/2189)) ([b16506e](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-jdbc-socket-factory/commit/b16506e2cca88eb7d0db02191e77475d62424328))
+* Update dependency com.google.http-client:google-http-client-jackson2 to v2 ([#2191](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-jdbc-socket-factory/issues/2191)) ([4f0ca60](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-jdbc-socket-factory/commit/4f0ca609f464274f3796a02277c9694d58c665b8))
+* Update dependency com.microsoft.sqlserver:mssql-jdbc to v13 ([#2192](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-jdbc-socket-factory/issues/2192)) ([cf3d163](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-jdbc-socket-factory/commit/cf3d163da9986e07df57d74bedfa3843775fc647))
+* Update dependency dnsjava:dnsjava to v3.6.0 [SECURITY] ([#2203](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-jdbc-socket-factory/issues/2203)) ([4008552](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-jdbc-socket-factory/commit/4008552e3cb670fc82b406cae3883bbf85be9923))
+* Update dependency maven to v3.9.11 ([#2167](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-jdbc-socket-factory/issues/2167)) ([34e5370](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-jdbc-socket-factory/commit/34e5370c190871787c6fbe762b36e22a6f87a77c))
+* Update junit-framework monorepo to v6 ([#2210](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-jdbc-socket-factory/issues/2210)) ([d25c1a3](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-jdbc-socket-factory/commit/d25c1a3a4074f84113bd769df82257351ad500c2))
+
 ## [1.25.3](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-jdbc-socket-factory/compare/v1.25.2...v1.25.3) (2025-08-12)
 
 
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 61210a183..9e436580c 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud.sql</groupId>
     <artifactId>jdbc-socket-factory-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.25.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:jdbc-socket-factory-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.26.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:jdbc-socket-factory-parent:current} -->
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jdbc-socket-factory-core</artifactId>
-  <version>1.25.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:jdbc-socket-factory-core:current} -->
+  <version>1.26.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:jdbc-socket-factory-core:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>Cloud SQL Core Socket Factory (Core Library, don't depend on this directly)</name>
diff --git a/docs/jdbc.md b/docs/jdbc.md
index 8ef7e4c53..ade2993d6 100644
--- a/docs/jdbc.md
+++ b/docs/jdbc.md
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ Maven
 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud.sql</groupId>
     <artifactId>mysql-socket-factory-connector-j-8</artifactId>
-    <version>1.25.3</version>
+    <version>1.26.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
 Gradle
 
 ```gradle
-compile 'com.google.cloud.sql:mysql-socket-factory-connector-j-8:1.25.3'
+compile 'com.google.cloud.sql:mysql-socket-factory-connector-j-8:1.26.0'
 ```
 
 <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ Maven
 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud.sql</groupId>
     <artifactId>mariadb-socket-factory</artifactId>
-    <version>1.25.3</version>
+    <version>1.26.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
 Gradle
 
 ```gradle
-compile 'com.google.cloud.sql:mariadb-socket-factory:1.25.3'
+compile 'com.google.cloud.sql:mariadb-socket-factory:1.26.0'
 ```
 
 **Note:** Also include the JDBC Driver for
@@ -60,14 +60,14 @@ Maven
 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud.sql</groupId>
     <artifactId>postgres-socket-factory</artifactId>
-    <version>1.25.3</version>
+    <version>1.26.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
 Gradle
 
 ```gradle
-compile 'com.google.cloud.sql:postgres-socket-factory:1.25.3'
+compile 'com.google.cloud.sql:postgres-socket-factory:1.26.0'
 ```
 
 **Note:**  Also include the JDBC Driver for
@@ -83,14 +83,14 @@ Maven
 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud.sql</groupId>
     <artifactId>cloud-sql-connector-jdbc-sqlserver</artifactId>
-    <version>1.25.3</version>
+    <version>1.26.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
 Gradle
 
 ```gradle
-compile 'com.google.cloud.sql:cloud-sql-connector-jdbc-sqlserver:1.25.3'
+compile 'com.google.cloud.sql:cloud-sql-connector-jdbc-sqlserver:1.26.0'
 ```
 
 **Note:**  Also include the JDBC Driver for SQL
diff --git a/docs/r2dbc.md b/docs/r2dbc.md
index e7ff17f67..8117d5277 100644
--- a/docs/r2dbc.md
+++ b/docs/r2dbc.md
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ Maven
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud.sql</groupId>
   <artifactId>cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-mysql</artifactId>
-  <version>1.25.3</version>
+  <version>1.26.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
 Gradle
 
 ```gradle
-compile 'com.google.cloud.sql:cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-mysql:1.25.3'
+compile 'com.google.cloud.sql:cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-mysql:1.26.0'
 ```
 
 **Note:** Also include the R2DBC Driver for
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ Maven
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-mariadb</artifactId>
-  <version>1.25.3</version>
+  <version>1.26.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
 Gradle
 
 ```gradle
-compile 'com.google.cloud:cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-mariadb:1.25.3'
+compile 'com.google.cloud:cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-mariadb:1.26.0'
 ```
 
 **Note:** Also include the R2DBC Driver for
@@ -63,14 +63,14 @@ Maven
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud.sql</groupId>
   <artifactId>cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-postgres</artifactId>
-  <version>1.25.3</version>
+  <version>1.26.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
 Gradle
 
 ```gradle
-compile 'com.google.cloud.sql:cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-postgres:1.25.3'
+compile 'com.google.cloud.sql:cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-postgres:1.26.0'
 ```
 
 **Note:** Also include the R2DBC Driver for
@@ -86,14 +86,14 @@ Maven
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud.sql</groupId>
   <artifactId>cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-sqlserver</artifactId>
-  <version>1.25.3</version>
+  <version>1.26.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
 Gradle
 
 ```gradle
-compile 'com.google.cloud.sql:cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-sqlserver:1.25.3'
+compile 'com.google.cloud.sql:cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-sqlserver:1.26.0'
 ```
 
 **Note:** Also include the R2DBC Driver for SQL
diff --git a/jdbc/mariadb/pom.xml b/jdbc/mariadb/pom.xml
index 39ba8d646..55b35566b 100644
--- a/jdbc/mariadb/pom.xml
+++ b/jdbc/mariadb/pom.xml
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud.sql</groupId>
     <artifactId>jdbc-socket-factory-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.25.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:jdbc-socket-factory-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.26.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:jdbc-socket-factory-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>mariadb-socket-factory</artifactId>
-  <version>1.25.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:mariadb-socket-factory:current} -->
+  <version>1.26.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:mariadb-socket-factory:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>Cloud SQL MariaDB Socket Factory</name>
diff --git a/jdbc/mysql-j-8/pom.xml b/jdbc/mysql-j-8/pom.xml
index 8f629585c..e80313ebf 100644
--- a/jdbc/mysql-j-8/pom.xml
+++ b/jdbc/mysql-j-8/pom.xml
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud.sql</groupId>
     <artifactId>jdbc-socket-factory-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.25.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:jdbc-socket-factory-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.26.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:jdbc-socket-factory-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>mysql-socket-factory-connector-j-8</artifactId>
-  <version>1.25.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:mysql-socket-factory-connector-j-8:current} -->
+  <version>1.26.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:mysql-socket-factory-connector-j-8:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>Cloud SQL MySQL Socket Factory (for Connector/J 8.x)</name>
diff --git a/jdbc/postgres/pom.xml b/jdbc/postgres/pom.xml
index cef4c8ad0..b3e153282 100644
--- a/jdbc/postgres/pom.xml
+++ b/jdbc/postgres/pom.xml
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud.sql</groupId>
     <artifactId>jdbc-socket-factory-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.25.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:jdbc-socket-factory-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.26.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:jdbc-socket-factory-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>postgres-socket-factory</artifactId>
-  <version>1.25.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:postgres-socket-factory:current} -->
+  <version>1.26.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:postgres-socket-factory:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>Cloud SQL Postgres Socket Factory</name>
diff --git a/jdbc/sqlserver/pom.xml b/jdbc/sqlserver/pom.xml
index 99e437418..35eaee4ce 100644
--- a/jdbc/sqlserver/pom.xml
+++ b/jdbc/sqlserver/pom.xml
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud.sql</groupId>
     <artifactId>jdbc-socket-factory-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.25.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:jdbc-socket-factory-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.26.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:jdbc-socket-factory-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>cloud-sql-connector-jdbc-sqlserver</artifactId>
-    <version>1.25.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:cloud-sql-connector-jdbc-sqlserver:current} -->
+    <version>1.26.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:cloud-sql-connector-jdbc-sqlserver:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>Cloud SQL JDBC Connector for SQL Server</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 56c93157a..dd021ed9e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud.sql</groupId>
   <artifactId>jdbc-socket-factory-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>1.25.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:jdbc-socket-factory-parent:current} -->
+  <version>1.26.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:jdbc-socket-factory-parent:current} -->
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
diff --git a/r2dbc/core/pom.xml b/r2dbc/core/pom.xml
index 52ea7db4f..006535c25 100644
--- a/r2dbc/core/pom.xml
+++ b/r2dbc/core/pom.xml
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud.sql</groupId>
     <artifactId>jdbc-socket-factory-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.25.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:jdbc-socket-factory-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.26.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:jdbc-socket-factory-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-core</artifactId>
-  <version>1.25.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-core:current} -->
+  <version>1.26.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-core:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>Cloud SQL R2DBC Connection Factory (R2DBC Core Library, don't depend on this directly)</name>
diff --git a/r2dbc/mariadb/pom.xml b/r2dbc/mariadb/pom.xml
index d30f8d7f5..56e6dbdbb 100644
--- a/r2dbc/mariadb/pom.xml
+++ b/r2dbc/mariadb/pom.xml
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud.sql</groupId>
     <artifactId>jdbc-socket-factory-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.25.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:jdbc-socket-factory-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.26.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:jdbc-socket-factory-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-mariadb</artifactId>
-  <version>1.25.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-mariadb:current} -->
+  <version>1.26.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-mariadb:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>Google Cloud SQL R2DBC Connector for MariaDB</name>
diff --git a/r2dbc/mysql/pom.xml b/r2dbc/mysql/pom.xml
index a698a41f0..84a48e4d1 100644
--- a/r2dbc/mysql/pom.xml
+++ b/r2dbc/mysql/pom.xml
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud.sql</groupId>
     <artifactId>jdbc-socket-factory-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.25.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:jdbc-socket-factory-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.26.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:jdbc-socket-factory-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-mysql</artifactId>
-  <version>1.25.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-mysql:current} -->
+  <version>1.26.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-mysql:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>Cloud SQL R2DBC Connection Factory for MySQL</name>
diff --git a/r2dbc/postgres/pom.xml b/r2dbc/postgres/pom.xml
index 14a2e6a30..068e1beea 100644
--- a/r2dbc/postgres/pom.xml
+++ b/r2dbc/postgres/pom.xml
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud.sql</groupId>
     <artifactId>jdbc-socket-factory-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.25.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:jdbc-socket-factory-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.26.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:jdbc-socket-factory-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-postgres</artifactId>
-  <version>1.25.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-postgres:current} -->
+  <version>1.26.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-postgres:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>Cloud SQL R2DBC Connection Factory for Postgres</name>
diff --git a/r2dbc/sqlserver/pom.xml b/r2dbc/sqlserver/pom.xml
index df1ada193..63134a069 100644
--- a/r2dbc/sqlserver/pom.xml
+++ b/r2dbc/sqlserver/pom.xml
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud.sql</groupId>
     <artifactId>jdbc-socket-factory-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.25.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:jdbc-socket-factory-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.26.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:jdbc-socket-factory-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-sqlserver</artifactId>
-  <version>1.25.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-sqlserver:current} -->
+  <version>1.26.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-sqlserver:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>Cloud SQL R2DBC Connection Factory for SQL Server</name>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 77c6c0eb8..87fb8f710 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-jdbc-socket-factory-parent:1.25.3:1.25.4-SNAPSHOT
-jdbc-socket-factory-core:1.25.3:1.25.4-SNAPSHOT
-mariadb-socket-factory:1.25.3:1.25.4-SNAPSHOT
-mysql-socket-factory:1.25.3:1.25.4-SNAPSHOT
-mysql-socket-factory-connector-j-8:1.25.3:1.25.4-SNAPSHOT
-postgres-socket-factory:1.25.3:1.25.4-SNAPSHOT
-cloud-sql-connector-jdbc-sqlserver:1.25.3:1.25.4-SNAPSHOT
-cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-core:1.25.3:1.25.4-SNAPSHOT
-cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-mariadb:1.25.3:1.25.4-SNAPSHOT
-cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-mysql:1.25.3:1.25.4-SNAPSHOT
-cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-postgres:1.25.3:1.25.4-SNAPSHOT
-cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-sqlserver:1.25.3:1.25.4-SNAPSHOT
+jdbc-socket-factory-parent:1.26.0:1.26.0
+jdbc-socket-factory-core:1.26.0:1.26.0
+mariadb-socket-factory:1.26.0:1.26.0
+mysql-socket-factory:1.26.0:1.26.0
+mysql-socket-factory-connector-j-8:1.26.0:1.26.0
+postgres-socket-factory:1.26.0:1.26.0
+cloud-sql-connector-jdbc-sqlserver:1.26.0:1.26.0
+cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-core:1.26.0:1.26.0
+cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-mariadb:1.26.0:1.26.0
+cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-mysql:1.26.0:1.26.0
+cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-postgres:1.26.0:1.26.0
+cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-sqlserver:1.26.0:1.26.0