diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cdc52b9..3c1ef34 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dev:
+1.26.5:
   - provide validator information in "chain status" verbose output
 
 1.26.4:
diff --git a/cmd/version.go b/cmd/version.go
index 79901f7..6b61b37 100644
--- a/cmd/version.go
+++ b/cmd/version.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 
 // ReleaseVersion is the release version of the codebase.
 // Usually overridden by tag names when building binaries.
-var ReleaseVersion = "local build (latest release 1.26.4)"
+var ReleaseVersion = "local build (latest release 1.26.5)"
 
 // versionCmd represents the version command
 var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{