diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 43e17dcb8..0feaa41e2 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.26.0
+current_version = 0.26.1
 commit = True
 tag = True
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 101d0f4c8..6bb6a0fba 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@
 
 # All other arguments are defined in `setup.cfg`.
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    setup(version="0.26.0")
+    setup(version="0.26.1")
diff --git a/src/cobra/__init__.py b/src/cobra/__init__.py
index c3a4012e4..d0c7b278c 100644
--- a/src/cobra/__init__.py
+++ b/src/cobra/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 __author__ = "The cobrapy core development team."
-__version__ = "0.26.0"
+__version__ = "0.26.1"
 
 
 from cobra.core import (