diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index c91e8b3e4..d78584a85 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+0.26.0
+
+* added the ability to rebind UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, PAGE_UP, PAGE_DOWN, END and
+  HOME keys to allow for VIM-style key bindings
+* fixed a focus related bug when switching between main views
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 0.25.2
 
 musikcube:
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a429b574c..97ea9d9a6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
 
 project(musikcube)
 set (musikcube_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
-set (musikcube_VERSION_MINOR 25)
-set (musikcube_VERSION_PATCH 2)
+set (musikcube_VERSION_MINOR 26)
+set (musikcube_VERSION_PATCH 0)
 set (musikcube_VERSION "${musikcube_VERSION_MAJOR}.${musikcube_VERSION_MINOR}.${musikcube_VERSION_PATCH}")
 
 include(CMakeToolsHelpers OPTIONAL)
diff --git a/src/musikcube/app/util/Version.h b/src/musikcube/app/util/Version.h
index dfc8bf1e1..626753616 100644
--- a/src/musikcube/app/util/Version.h
+++ b/src/musikcube/app/util/Version.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #define VERSION_MAJOR 0
-#define VERSION_MINOR 25
-#define VERSION_PATCH 2
-#define VERSION "0.25.2"
+#define VERSION_MINOR 26
+#define VERSION_PATCH 0
+#define VERSION "0.26.0"
diff --git a/src/musikcube/musikcube.rc b/src/musikcube/musikcube.rc
index e23e12ff9..5b16eb00e 100644
Binary files a/src/musikcube/musikcube.rc and b/src/musikcube/musikcube.rc differ
diff --git a/src/musikdroid/build.gradle b/src/musikdroid/build.gradle
index dd8602ba2..26dafac8a 100644
--- a/src/musikdroid/build.gradle
+++ b/src/musikdroid/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ buildscript {
     }
 
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.0-beta5'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.0-beta6'
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
     }
 }