diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a07e7466..4ecc355a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+* Author: Mike FABIAN <mfabian@redhat.com>
+* 23 Oct 2024 Release 2.26.0
+* Introduce a delay time before candidates are updated and displayed (Resolves: https://github.com/mike-fabian/ibus-typing-booster/issues/530)
+* emoji-picker: Show Emoji properties, Unicode category, and Unicode block always, not only when --debug is used. As they are now shown always, make their labels translatable.
+* Translation update from Weblate (de 100%, fr 100%, ja 99.5%, ka 100%, sv 100%, tr 100%, uk 100%)
+
 * Author: Mike FABIAN <mfabian@redhat.com>
 * 19 Oct 2024 Release 2.25.19
 * Translation update from Weblate (el 5.3%, kab 34.8%, sv 100%)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e5171056..e28870d8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 m4_define([package_name], [ibus-typing-booster])
 m4_define([ibus_released], [1])
 m4_define([ibus_major_version], [2])
-m4_define([ibus_minor_version], [25])
-m4_define([ibus_micro_version], [19])
+m4_define([ibus_minor_version], [26])
+m4_define([ibus_micro_version], [0])
 m4_define(ibus_maybe_datestamp,
     m4_esyscmd([if test x]ibus_released[ != x1; then date +.%Y%m%d | tr -d '\n\r'; fi]))
 
diff --git a/emoji-picker.appdata.xml b/emoji-picker.appdata.xml
index 0736ea61..cba8a936 100644
--- a/emoji-picker.appdata.xml
+++ b/emoji-picker.appdata.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,31 @@
   <url type="translate">https://translate.fedoraproject.org/projects/ibus-typing-booster/</url>
   <content_rating type="oars-1.1" />
   <releases>
+    <release version="2.26.0" date="2024-10-23" urgency="medium">
+      <url>https://github.com/mike-fabian/ibus-typing-booster/releases/tag/2.26.0</url>
+      <description>
+        <p>Bug fixes and enhancements</p>
+        <ul>
+          <li>
+            Introduce a delay time before candidates are updated and
+            displayed (Resolves: github-issues#530)
+          </li>
+          <li>
+            emoji-picker: Show Emoji properties, Unicode category, and
+            Unicode block always, not only when --debug is used. As
+            they are now shown always, make their labels translatable.
+          </li>
+          <li>
+            Translation update from Weblate (de 100%, fr 100%, ja 99.5%, ka 100%, sv 100%, tr 100%, uk 100%)
+          </li>
+        </ul>
+      </description>
+      <issues>
+        <issue url="https://github.com/mike-fabian/ibus-typing-booster/issues/530">
+          github-issues#530
+        </issue>
+      </issues>
+    </release>
     <release version="2.25.19" date="2024-10-19" urgency="medium">
       <url>https://github.com/mike-fabian/ibus-typing-booster/releases/tag/2.25.19</url>
       <description>
diff --git a/typing-booster.appdata.xml b/typing-booster.appdata.xml
index 4e3031e2..ad0cc52e 100644
--- a/typing-booster.appdata.xml
+++ b/typing-booster.appdata.xml
@@ -47,6 +47,31 @@
   <url type="translate">https://translate.fedoraproject.org/projects/ibus-typing-booster/</url>
   <content_rating type="oars-1.1" />
   <releases>
+    <release version="2.26.0" date="2024-10-23" urgency="medium">
+      <url>https://github.com/mike-fabian/ibus-typing-booster/releases/tag/2.26.0</url>
+      <description>
+        <p>Bug fixes and enhancements</p>
+        <ul>
+          <li>
+            Introduce a delay time before candidates are updated and
+            displayed (Resolves: github-issues#530)
+          </li>
+          <li>
+            emoji-picker: Show Emoji properties, Unicode category, and
+            Unicode block always, not only when --debug is used. As
+            they are now shown always, make their labels translatable.
+          </li>
+          <li>
+            Translation update from Weblate (de 100%, fr 100%, ja 99.5%, ka 100%, sv 100%, tr 100%, uk 100%)
+          </li>
+        </ul>
+      </description>
+      <issues>
+        <issue url="https://github.com/mike-fabian/ibus-typing-booster/issues/530">
+          github-issues#530
+        </issue>
+      </issues>
+    </release>
     <release version="2.25.19" date="2024-10-19" urgency="medium">
       <url>https://github.com/mike-fabian/ibus-typing-booster/releases/tag/2.25.19</url>
       <description>