diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8d274b8c..4dcfc2dc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+# 2026.1.0 (2026-03-06)
+
+Version `2026.1.0` is a major release.
+
+### Notable Changes
+- fix caliper lulesh tests, add caliper install to path in CI (#179)
+- add python 3.12 and python 3.13 to unit tests, separate out coverage to its own workflow (#177)
+- pin pandas version to less than 3 (#176)
+
+### Bugfixes
+
+### Internal Updates
+- run coverage on push to develop (#178)
+
 # 2025.2.0 (2025-12-22)
 
 Version `2025.2.0` is a major release.
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 39283d78..5046fb8e 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@
 # -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
 
 project = "hatchet"
-copyright = "2017-2025, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC"
+copyright = "2017-2023, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC"
 author = "LLNL Developers"
 
 # The short X.Y version
-version = "2025.2.0"
+version = "2026.1.0"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = "2025.2.0"
+release = "2026.1.0"
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/hatchet/version.py b/hatchet/version.py
index 834277c8..d1cd94d8 100644
--- a/hatchet/version.py
+++ b/hatchet/version.py
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
-__version_info__ = ("2025", "2", "0")
+__version_info__ = ("2026", "1", "0")
 __version__ = ".".join(__version_info__)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6a8e0a5f..a7348d42 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "llnl-hatchet"
-version = "2025.2.0"
+version = "2026.1.0"
 description = "A Python library for analyzing hierarchical performance data."
 authors = [
     "Abhinav Bhatele <bhatele@cs.umd.edu>",