diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 01ac3942..39ce7707 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+Notmuch 0.26.1 (2018-04-02)
+===========================
+
+Library Changes
+---------------
+
+Bump the library minor version. This should have happened in 0.26, but
+better late than never.
+
+
 Notmuch 0.26 (2018-01-09)
 =========================
 
diff --git a/lib/notmuch.h b/lib/notmuch.h
index 39759b7a..ab5854d7 100644
--- a/lib/notmuch.h
+++ b/lib/notmuch.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ NOTMUCH_BEGIN_DECLS
  * version in Makefile.local.
  */
 #define LIBNOTMUCH_MAJOR_VERSION	5
-#define LIBNOTMUCH_MINOR_VERSION	0
+#define LIBNOTMUCH_MINOR_VERSION	1
 #define LIBNOTMUCH_MICRO_VERSION	0