diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 0c0c0c35..f3dbfd2a 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.25.0"
+  ".": "1.26.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c3a0f979..ef07b5bc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.26.0](https://github.com/orbcorp/orb-java/compare/v1.25.0...v1.26.0) (2026-08-25)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **api:** restore deprecated `scaling_factor` field on unit and matrix price configs ([2888fd2](https://github.com/orbcorp/orb-java/commit/2888fd2aeeccca6feae3d5fa905115ec85f5c584))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **api:** reject empty or missing dimension values in dimensional price configuration ([2888fd2](https://github.com/orbcorp/orb-java/commit/2888fd2aeeccca6feae3d5fa905115ec85f5c584))
+
 ## [1.25.0](https://github.com/orbcorp/orb-java/compare/v1.24.0...v1.25.0) (2026-08-19)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2867f497..73d21afe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 
-[![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/com.withorb.api/orb-java)](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.withorb.api/orb-java/1.25.0)
+[![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/com.withorb.api/orb-java)](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.withorb.api/orb-java/1.26.0)
 
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ The REST API documentation can be found on [docs.withorb.com](https://docs.witho
 ### Gradle
 
 ```kotlin
-implementation("com.withorb.api:orb-java:1.25.0")
+implementation("com.withorb.api:orb-java:1.26.0")
 ```
 
 ### Maven
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ implementation("com.withorb.api:orb-java:1.25.0")
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.withorb.api</groupId>
   <artifactId>orb-java</artifactId>
-  <version>1.25.0</version>
+  <version>1.26.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 3ab8b64b..65cc90cb 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 allprojects {
     group = "com.withorb.api"
-    version = "1.25.0" // x-release-please-version
+    version = "1.26.0" // x-release-please-version
 }
 
 subprojects {