diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bc5e69e..6f70f82 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ requires = ["scikit-build-core", "rtree>=1.2"]
 
 [project]
 name = "libsupermesh"
-# TODO RELEASE
-version = "2025.5.dev0"
+version = "2026.0"
 description = "A parallel supermeshing library"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [