diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 78de9cd9..33d618fb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 **h5ai** uses [semantic versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 
-## develop branch
+## v0.26.1 - *2014-08-17*
 
 * fixes links
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 30c3ef00..c1e404ee 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "h5ai",
-  "version": "0.26.0",
-  "develop": true,
+  "version": "0.26.1",
+  "develop": false,
   "description": "a modern HTTP web server index",
   "homepage": "http://larsjung.de/h5ai/",
   "bugs": "https://github.com/lrsjng/h5ai/issues",