diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 4fcc4ea..2249895 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+1.26.1 (2021-04-06)
+-------------------
+
+- Remove runtime dependency ``setuptools`` for Python < 3.8
+- Fix ``line_length`` to skip all hash signs starting comment
+
 1.26.0 (2021-01-29)
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/yamllint/__init__.py b/yamllint/__init__.py
index 3c2af07..1153277 100644
--- a/yamllint/__init__.py
+++ b/yamllint/__init__.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ indentation, etc."""
 
 
 APP_NAME = 'yamllint'
-APP_VERSION = '1.26.0'
+APP_VERSION = '1.26.1'
 APP_DESCRIPTION = __doc__
 
 __author__ = u'Adrien Vergé'