diff --git a/py/src/braintrust/version.py b/py/src/braintrust/version.py
index 058bb0f3..8ef5ce3d 100644
--- a/py/src/braintrust/version.py
+++ b/py/src/braintrust/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION = "0.25.0"
+VERSION = "0.26.0"
 RELEASE_CHANNEL = "source"
 
 # this will be templated during the build