diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e6e7b737..9f99c00f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,29 @@
 # Changelog
+
+## securesystemslib v0.26.0
+
+### Added
+* Private key URI schemes for signer instantiation (#456)
+* Public key container class for signature verification (#456)
+* Post-quantum sphincs+ signing scheme (#427)
+* Hardware Security Module (HSM) signing (#472)
+* Google Cloud KMS signing (#442, #480)
+
+### Changed
+* Use pyproject.toml for build configuration (#253)
+* Use hatchling as build backend (#484)
+* Auto-format and lint all code (#439, #490)
+* Various CI and build improvements (#459, #460, #476, #493, #464)
+
+### Removed
+* Drop colorama optional dependency and colorized output support (#443)
+
+### Fixed
+* Don't shell out to gpg on import (#437)
+* Fix metaclass definition (#473)
+* Make GPGSigner signatures specification compliant (#486)
+
+
 ## securesystemslib v0.25.0
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/securesystemslib/__init__.py b/securesystemslib/__init__.py
index e80cde7f..6cab7930 100755
--- a/securesystemslib/__init__.py
+++ b/securesystemslib/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # pylint: disable=missing-module-docstring
 import logging
 
-__version__ = "0.25.0"
+__version__ = "0.26.0"
 
 # Configure a basic 'securesystemslib' top-level logger with a StreamHandler
 # (print to console) and the WARNING log level (print messages of type