diff --git a/bin/version b/bin/version
index d2ada762b1ed50481716408a48c3bacaf453c5f4..57e96205b733c17a5281b644c5816374ccf06a8f 100755
--- a/bin/version
+++ b/bin/version
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-VERSION="v0.26.0"
+VERSION="v0.26.1"
 
 # dynamically pull more interesting stuff from latest git commit
 HASH=$(git show-ref --head --hash=7 head)            # first 7 letters of hash should be enough; that's what GitHub uses