diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3b756a8..4d652f1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# v26.5.0
+- Refreshes default component versions for the DOCA OFED (`doca_ofed`),
+  NCCL (`nccl`), and NVSHMEM (`nvshmem`) building blocks.
+- Update example recipes and documentation.
+- Enabled site certificate checks for downloads by default.
+- Adds support for Ubuntu 26.04.
+
 # v26.1.0
 - Refreshes default component versions for the DOCA OFED (`doca_ofed`),
   HPC-X (`hpcx`), and NVIDIA HPC SDK (`nvhpc`) building blocks.
diff --git a/hpccm/version.py b/hpccm/version.py
index d64b829..700512a 100644
--- a/hpccm/version.py
+++ b/hpccm/version.py
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-__version__ = '26.1.0'
+__version__ = '26.5.0'