diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 945fbaf..c84411f 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.25.0"
+  ".": "0.26.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8d6b34a..438ffbf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,20 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## Latest Release
 
+## [0.26.0](https://github.com/OpenForgeProject/mageforge/compare/0.25.0...0.26.0) (2026-07-05)
+
+
+### Added
+
+* add badges for PHPUnit and code quality checks ([#220](https://github.com/OpenForgeProject/mageforge/issues/220)) ([f76a7d5](https://github.com/OpenForgeProject/mageforge/commit/f76a7d51fb4b0c414b6d85f26cb03c986337fde1))
+* improve unit tests ([#219](https://github.com/OpenForgeProject/mageforge/issues/219)) ([408e8a1](https://github.com/OpenForgeProject/mageforge/commit/408e8a13753b7cefb287ff36e91ead697f91d696))
+* update mago analyze ([#217](https://github.com/OpenForgeProject/mageforge/issues/217)) ([c25ac12](https://github.com/OpenForgeProject/mageforge/commit/c25ac126de7afc58fef16144d312c5b24952202a))
+
+
+### Changed
+
+* simplify condition checks in various files ([#215](https://github.com/OpenForgeProject/mageforge/issues/215)) ([89bd44c](https://github.com/OpenForgeProject/mageforge/commit/89bd44c77bc3f67652f7121a5dd4fdb190c54695))
+
 ## [0.25.0](https://github.com/OpenForgeProject/mageforge/compare/0.24.0...0.25.0) (2026-06-30)
 
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 0a07d0c..e0033f0 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "openforgeproject/mageforge",
   "description": "Magento 2 module for frontend workflow automation",
-  "version": "0.25.0",
+  "version": "0.26.0",
   "license": "GPL-3.0",
   "type": "magento2-module",
   "autoload": {