diff --git a/.VERSION_PREFIX b/.VERSION_PREFIX
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--- a/.VERSION_PREFIX
+++ b/.VERSION_PREFIX
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.25
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+0.26
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e392bbc..5c927e9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Unreleased
+# 0.26.123-alpha (2024-01-29 / d471611)
 
 ## Fixed
 
@@ -201,4 +201,4 @@ Initial release
 - lambdaisland.classpath integration
 - Support for cider-nrepl, refactor-nrepl
 - Basic support for shadow-cljs cljs nREPL-base REPL
-- Auto-connect for Emacs
+- Auto-connect for Emacs
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