diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index fb0e804..876ccd3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+1.26.3 (2021-08-21)
+-------------------
+
+- Restore runtime dependency ``setuptools`` for Python < 3.8
+
 1.26.2 (2021-08-03)
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/yamllint/__init__.py b/yamllint/__init__.py
index 35c2ee7..da49d9a 100644
--- a/yamllint/__init__.py
+++ b/yamllint/__init__.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ indentation, etc."""
 
 
 APP_NAME = 'yamllint'
-APP_VERSION = '1.26.2'
+APP_VERSION = '1.26.3'
 APP_DESCRIPTION = __doc__
 
 __author__ = u'Adrien Vergé'