diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Svelte changelog
 
+## 1.26.0
+
+* Enforce correct order of operations when initialising ([#708](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/708) and [#714](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/714))
+* Ensure data is up-to-date when re-rendering yield block ([#711](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/711))
+* Fix unescaping of strings, preserve at-rules in CSS ([#712](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/712))
+* Preserve whitespace at end of each blocks ([#713](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/713))
+
 ## 1.25.1
 
 * Better CSS sourcemaps ([#716](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/716))
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9615bc1a67..24b103d7e7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "svelte",
-  "version": "1.25.1",
+  "version": "1.26.0",
   "description": "The magical disappearing UI framework",
   "main": "compiler/svelte.js",
   "files": [