diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 0d3cfdba..2295b891 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@
 ---
 ## (current master)
 
+## 0.26.2
+- improve empty animation build error
+- fix GR axis flip for heatmaps and images
+- fix ribbons specified as tuples
+- add Char recipe
+- fix Plotly plots with single-element series
+- rewrite PlotlyJS backend
+
 ## 0.26.1
 - handle `Char`s as input data
 - fix html saving for Plotly
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 0b5fdd88..6de366a5 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "Plots"
 uuid = "91a5bcdd-55d7-5caf-9e0b-520d859cae80"
 author = ["Tom Breloff (@tbreloff)"]
-version = "0.26.1"
+version = "0.26.2"
 
 [deps]
 Base64 = "2a0f44e3-6c83-55bd-87e4-b1978d98bd5f"