diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 36d6aa3e8..1a74041b8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,46 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.26.0] - 2025-11-11
+
+### API-Changes
+
+- [**breaking**] JSON-RPC: `chat_type` now contains a variant of a string enum/union. Affected places: `FullChat.chat_type`, `BasicChat.chat_type`, `ChatListItemFetchResult::ChatListItem.chat_type`, `Event:: SecurejoinInviterProgress.chat_type` and `MessageSearchResult.chat_type` ([#7285](https://github.com/chatmail/core/pull/7285))
+
+### Features / Changes
+
+- Error toast for "Not creating securejoin QR for old broadcast".
+
+### Fixes
+
+- `is_encrypted()` should be true for Saved Messages chat so messages there are editable.
+- Do not return an error from `receive_imf` if we fail to add a member because we are not in chat.
+- Do not add QR inviter to groups immediately.
+- Do not ignore I/O errors in `BlobObject::store_from_base64`.
+
+### Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+- Rustfmt.
+
+### Refactor
+
+- imap: Move resync request from Context to Imap.
+- Replace imap:: calls in migration 73 with SQL queries.
+- Remove unused imports.
+
+### Documentation
+
+- Readme: update language binding section to avoid usage of cffi in new projects ([#7380](https://github.com/chatmail/core/pull/7380)).
+- Fix Context::set_stock_translation reference.
+
+### Tests
+
+- Test editing saved messages.
+- Remove ThreadPoolExecutor from test_wait_next_messages.
+- Move test_two_group_securejoins from receive_imf to securejoin module.
+- At the end of securejoin Bob has two members in a group chat.
+- Bob has 0 members in the chat until securejoin finishes.
+- Do not add QR inviter to groups right after scanning the code.
+
 ## [2.25.0] - 2025-11-05
 
 ### Features / Changes
@@ -7101,3 +7142,4 @@ https://github.com/chatmail/core/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed
 [2.23.0]: https://github.com/chatmail/core/compare/v2.22.0..v2.23.0
 [2.24.0]: https://github.com/chatmail/core/compare/v2.23.0..v2.24.0
 [2.25.0]: https://github.com/chatmail/core/compare/v2.24.0..v2.25.0
+[2.26.0]: https://github.com/chatmail/core/compare/v2.25.0..v2.26.0
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7daf43c4f..e954492c9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1304,7 +1304,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "2.25.0"
+version = "2.26.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "astral-tokio-tar",
@@ -1413,7 +1413,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-jsonrpc"
-version = "2.25.0"
+version = "2.26.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-channel 2.5.0",
@@ -1435,7 +1435,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-repl"
-version = "2.25.0"
+version = "2.26.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
@@ -1451,7 +1451,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-rpc-server"
-version = "2.25.0"
+version = "2.26.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
@@ -1480,7 +1480,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "2.25.0"
+version = "2.26.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 888b4e601..b6022d4bf 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "2.25.0"
+version = "2.26.0"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 rust-version = "1.85"
diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
index f34296e1b..1eb1723cd 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "2.25.0"
+version = "2.26.0"
 description = "Deltachat FFI"
 edition = "2018"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
index 14925760b..f3d982437 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-jsonrpc"
-version = "2.25.0"
+version = "2.26.0"
 description = "DeltaChat JSON-RPC API"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/package.json b/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/package.json
index 9b5675b7d..c0165630a 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/package.json
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/package.json
@@ -54,5 +54,5 @@
   },
   "type": "module",
   "types": "dist/deltachat.d.ts",
-  "version": "2.25.0"
+  "version": "2.26.0"
 }
diff --git a/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
index eaf644ebe..497268204 100644
--- a/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-repl"
-version = "2.25.0"
+version = "2.26.0"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 edition = "2021"
 repository = "https://github.com/chatmail/core"
diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml b/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml
index ebe8a0e56..3006bb0b1 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "deltachat-rpc-client"
-version = "2.25.0"
+version = "2.26.0"
 description = "Python client for Delta Chat core JSON-RPC interface"
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
index da0029e8b..55315e046 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-rpc-server"
-version = "2.25.0"
+version = "2.26.0"
 description = "DeltaChat JSON-RPC server"
 edition = "2021"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-server/npm-package/package.json b/deltachat-rpc-server/npm-package/package.json
index da261e93e..45fb88a04 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-server/npm-package/package.json
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-server/npm-package/package.json
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
   },
   "type": "module",
   "types": "index.d.ts",
-  "version": "2.25.0"
+  "version": "2.26.0"
 }
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index e69321d43..26db42706 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "2.25.0"
+version = "2.26.0"
 description = "Python bindings for the Delta Chat Core library using CFFI against the Rust-implemented libdeltachat"
 readme = "README.rst"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
diff --git a/release-date.in b/release-date.in
index 9016c8e17..e02fd6b49 100644
--- a/release-date.in
+++ b/release-date.in
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2025-11-05
\ No newline at end of file
+2025-11-11
\ No newline at end of file