diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eccc2d8c905..b777becda42 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# 5.26.0-rc.2
+# 5.26.0
   - Changes from 5.25.0
     - API:
       - FIXED: Allow for special characters in the profile/method as part of the HTTP URL. [#6090](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/pull/6090)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a838322eea2..5737a7b2570 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "osrm",
-  "version": "5.26.0-rc.2",
+  "version": "5.26.0",
   "private": false,
   "description": "The Open Source Routing Machine is a high performance routing engine written in C++14 designed to run on OpenStreetMap data.",
   "dependencies": {