diff --git a/.release-please-manifest-next.json b/.release-please-manifest-next.json
index ebac57ea..967a2512 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest-next.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest-next.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "1.26.0-beta0"
+    ".": "1.26.1-beta0"
 }
diff --git a/src/albert/__init__.py b/src/albert/__init__.py
index e38f37b3..5e5ce76d 100644
--- a/src/albert/__init__.py
+++ b/src/albert/__init__.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 
 __all__ = ["Albert", "AsyncAlbert", "AlbertClientCredentials", "AlbertSSOClient"]
 
-__version__ = "1.26.0-beta0"
+__version__ = "1.26.1-beta0"