diff --git a/.version b/.version
index f637764a3..992221508 100644
--- a/.version
+++ b/.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.25.98
+0.26
diff --git a/doc/manual.md b/doc/manual.md
index 9822965e4..1bb5be967 100644
--- a/doc/manual.md
+++ b/doc/manual.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ tested on unix, mac and windows.  See [Download](download.html) for
 installation help.
 
 This manual is the reference for every part of hledger's functionality;
-this version documents hledger 0.25.98 and hledger-web 0.25.98.
+this version documents hledger and hledger-web 0.26
 <!-- [hledger 0.25](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/hledger-0.25) -->
 <!-- and [hledger-web 0.25](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/hledger-web-0.25). -->
 If you find anything missing or incorrect, please report it as a bug.
diff --git a/hledger-lib/hledger-lib.cabal b/hledger-lib/hledger-lib.cabal
index 8b570e434..ed7593e04 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/hledger-lib.cabal
+++ b/hledger-lib/hledger-lib.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:           hledger-lib
-version: 0.25.98
+version: 0.26
 stability:      stable
 category:       Finance, Console
 synopsis:       Core data types, parsers and utilities for the hledger accounting tool.
diff --git a/hledger-web/hledger-web.cabal b/hledger-web/hledger-web.cabal
index 211f86b84..5e78e4685 100644
--- a/hledger-web/hledger-web.cabal
+++ b/hledger-web/hledger-web.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:           hledger-web
-version: 0.25.98
+version: 0.26
 stability:      stable
 category:       Finance
 synopsis:       A web interface for the hledger accounting tool.
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ flag old-locale
   default: False
 
 library
-    cpp-options:   -DVERSION="0.25.98"
+    cpp-options:   -DVERSION="0.26"
     if flag(dev) || flag(library-only)
         cpp-options: -DDEVELOPMENT
  
@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@ library
                      Hledger.Web.Options
                      -- Setup -- stops yesod devel complaining, requires build-depends: Cabal
     build-depends:
-                     hledger              == 0.25.98
-                   , hledger-lib          == 0.25.98
+                     hledger              == 0.26
+                   , hledger-lib          == 0.26
                    , base                 >= 4 && < 5
                    , base-compat          >= 0.8.1
                    , blaze-html
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ executable         hledger-web
     if flag(library-only)
         Buildable: False
 
-    cpp-options:   -DVERSION="0.25.98"
+    cpp-options:   -DVERSION="0.26"
     if flag(dev)
         cpp-options: -DDEVELOPMENT
 
@@ -230,9 +230,9 @@ executable         hledger-web
     main-is:         main.hs
 
     build-depends:
-                     hledger-lib          == 0.25.98
-                   , hledger              == 0.25.98
-                   , hledger-web          == 0.25.98
+                     hledger-lib          == 0.26
+                   , hledger              == 0.26
+                   , hledger-web          == 0.26
                    , base                 >= 4 && < 5
                    , base-compat          >= 0.8.1
                    , blaze-html
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ test-suite test
     hs-source-dirs:    tests
     main-is:           main.hs
     build-depends: 
-                     hledger-web          == 0.25.98
+                     hledger-web          == 0.26
                    , base
                    , base-compat          >= 0.8.1
                    , hspec
diff --git a/hledger/hledger.cabal b/hledger/hledger.cabal
index e9521ac3e..2dc15bdfc 100644
--- a/hledger/hledger.cabal
+++ b/hledger/hledger.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:           hledger
-version: 0.25.98
+version: 0.26
 stability:      stable
 category:       Finance, Console
 synopsis:       The main command-line interface for the hledger accounting tool.
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ flag old-locale
 
 
 library
-  cpp-options: -DVERSION="0.25.98"
+  cpp-options: -DVERSION="0.26"
   ghc-options: -Wall -fno-warn-unused-do-bind -fno-warn-name-shadowing -fno-warn-missing-signatures
   ghc-options: -fno-warn-type-defaults -fno-warn-orphans
   default-language: Haskell2010
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ library
                   Hledger.Cli.Register
                   Hledger.Cli.Stats
   build-depends:
-                  hledger-lib == 0.25.98
+                  hledger-lib == 0.26
                  ,base >= 4.3 && < 5
                  ,base-compat >= 0.8.1
                  -- ,cabal-file-th
@@ -117,15 +117,15 @@ executable hledger
   main-is:        hledger-cli.hs
   hs-source-dirs: app
   default-language: Haskell2010
-  cpp-options: -DVERSION="0.25.98"
+  cpp-options: -DVERSION="0.26"
   ghc-options: -Wall -fno-warn-unused-do-bind -fno-warn-name-shadowing -fno-warn-missing-signatures
   ghc-options: -fno-warn-type-defaults -fno-warn-orphans
   if flag(threaded)
        ghc-options:   -threaded
   -- same as above:
   build-depends:
-                  hledger-lib == 0.25.98
-                 ,hledger == 0.25.98
+                  hledger-lib == 0.26
+                 ,hledger == 0.26
                  ,base >= 4.3 && < 5
                  ,base-compat >= 0.8.1
                  ,containers