diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 28a1d9f..16d2670 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20 FATAL_ERROR)
 # format used by CMake and then recombined to allow it to be passed to
 # shumlib via a pre-processor definition
 project(shumlib LANGUAGES C Fortran
-  VERSION 2026.01.1
+  VERSION 2026.07.1
   DESCRIPTION "Met Office Shared Unifed Model Library"
   HOMEPAGE_URL "https://github.com/MetOffice/shumlib")
 
diff --git a/common/src/shumlib_version.h b/common/src/shumlib_version.h
index 8671df5..c84a33f 100644
--- a/common/src/shumlib_version.h
+++ b/common/src/shumlib_version.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
  * where "X" is the release number in month "MM" of year "YYYY"
  */
 #if !defined(SHUMLIB_VERSION)
-#define SHUMLIB_VERSION 2025101
+#define SHUMLIB_VERSION 2026071
 #endif
 
 /* 2-stage expansion which will replace in the including code:
diff --git a/scripts/meto_install_shumlib.sh b/scripts/meto_install_shumlib.sh
index 77b1376..6863d0a 100755
--- a/scripts/meto_install_shumlib.sh
+++ b/scripts/meto_install_shumlib.sh
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 # USAGE:  (Note - must be run from the toplevel Shumlib directory!)
 #   scripts/meto_install_shumlib.sh [azspice|ex1a]
 #
-# This script was used to install shumlib version 2025.10.1
-# and was intended for use with the UM at UM 14.0
+# This script was used to install shumlib version 2026.07.1
+# and was intended for use with the UM at UM 14.2
 #
 
 set -eu