diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fbafc4e..7ceb643 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 set(POPPLER_MAJOR_VERSION "0")
 set(POPPLER_MINOR_VERSION "26")
-set(POPPLER_MICRO_VERSION "0")
+set(POPPLER_MICRO_VERSION "1")
 set(POPPLER_VERSION "${POPPLER_MAJOR_VERSION}.${POPPLER_MINOR_VERSION}.${POPPLER_MICRO_VERSION}")
 
 # command line switches
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index fb46164..9522bfe 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+Release 0.26.1
+        core:
+         * Use field value V for radio buttons. Bug #75979
+         * Fix extraction of text in some files. Bug #78145
+         * Only add annotations of the current page when splitting. Bug #77549
+
+        build system:
+         * autoconf: Fix libopenjpeg 1.5 detection on some systems. Bug #78389
+
+        glib:
+         * Fix multiple definition of PopplerTextSpan
+
 Release 0.26.0
         qt4:
          * Fix mismatched boolean logic in TextAnnotation::setInplaceIntent
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fdfe570..bffec48 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 m4_define([poppler_version_major],[0])
 m4_define([poppler_version_minor],[26])
-m4_define([poppler_version_micro],[0])
+m4_define([poppler_version_micro],[1])
 m4_define([poppler_version],[poppler_version_major.poppler_version_minor.poppler_version_micro])
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
diff --git a/cpp/Doxyfile b/cpp/Doxyfile
index 87d14de..a657514 100644
--- a/cpp/Doxyfile
+++ b/cpp/Doxyfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.26.0
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.26.1
 
 # The OUTPUT_DIRECTORY tag is used to specify the (relative or absolute)
 # base path where the generated documentation will be put.
diff --git a/qt4/src/Doxyfile b/qt4/src/Doxyfile
index 73b3bef..b37989e 100644
--- a/qt4/src/Doxyfile
+++ b/qt4/src/Doxyfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.26.0
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.26.1
 
 # The OUTPUT_DIRECTORY tag is used to specify the (relative or absolute)
 # base path where the generated documentation will be put.
diff --git a/qt5/src/Doxyfile b/qt5/src/Doxyfile
index bab1f0f..ad50aa8 100644
--- a/qt5/src/Doxyfile
+++ b/qt5/src/Doxyfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.26.0
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.26.1
 
 # The OUTPUT_DIRECTORY tag is used to specify the (relative or absolute)
 # base path where the generated documentation will be put.