diff --git a/docker/flux/0.26.0/Dockerfile b/docker/flux/0.26.0/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a2dfd89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/flux/0.26.0/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+FROM fluxrm/flux-core:centos7-v0.26.0
+ENV PATH="/home/fluxuser/.local/bin:$PATH"
+
+RUN curl -sL https://download.open-mpi.org/release/open-mpi/v4.0/openmpi-4.0.5.tar.gz | tar xz && \
+    cd ./openmpi-4.0.5 && \
+    ./configure && \
+    make && \
+    sudo make install
+
+COPY . /home/fluxuser/maestrowf
+WORKDIR /home/fluxuser/maestrowf
+RUN echo `which python3` && python3 --version
+RUN echo `which pip3` && pip3 --version
+RUN pip3 install -U --user pip
+RUN echo "$PWD" && ls -la && pip3 install --user .
+RUN pip3 install -U ipython
+WORKDIR /home/fluxuser
+
+LABEL maintainer="Francesco Di Natale dinatale3@llnl.gov"
diff --git a/maestrowf/interfaces/script/__init__.py b/maestrowf/interfaces/script/__init__.py
index b141fa307..cabde60f5 100644
--- a/maestrowf/interfaces/script/__init__.py
+++ b/maestrowf/interfaces/script/__init__.py
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ def lookup_status(self, cancel_status):
 class FluxFactory(object):
     """A factory for swapping out Flux's backend interface based on version."""
 
-    latest = "0.17.0"
+    latest = "0.26.0"
 
     def _iter_flux():
         """
diff --git a/maestrowf/interfaces/script/_flux/flux0_18_0.py b/maestrowf/interfaces/script/_flux/flux0_18_0.py
index b9999397e..91b074273 100644
--- a/maestrowf/interfaces/script/_flux/flux0_18_0.py
+++ b/maestrowf/interfaces/script/_flux/flux0_18_0.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 
 class FluxInterface_0190(FluxInterface):
-    # This utility class is for Flux 0.17.0
+    # This utility class is for Flux 0.19.0
     key = "0.19.0"
 
     _FIELDATTRS = {
diff --git a/maestrowf/interfaces/script/_flux/flux0_26_0.py b/maestrowf/interfaces/script/_flux/flux0_26_0.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c4f658b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maestrowf/interfaces/script/_flux/flux0_26_0.py
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+from datetime import datetime
+import logging
+from math import ceil
+import os
+
+from maestrowf.abstracts.enums import CancelCode, JobStatusCode, State, \
+    SubmissionCode
+from maestrowf.abstracts.interfaces.flux import FluxInterface
+
+LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+try:
+    import flux
+except ImportError:
+    LOGGER.info("Failed to import Flux. Continuing.")
+
+
+class FluxInterface_0260(FluxInterface):
+    # This utility class is for Flux 0.26.0
+    key = "0.26.0"
+
+    flux_handle = None
+
+    @classmethod
+    def submit(
+        cls, nodes, procs, cores_per_task, path, cwd, walltime,
+        ngpus=0, job_name=None, force_broker=False
+    ):
+        if not cls.flux_handle:
+            cls.flux_handle = flux.Flux()
+            LOGGER.debug("New Flux instance created.")
+
+        # NOTE: This previously placed everything under a broker. However,
+        # if there's a job that schedules items to Flux, it will schedule all
+        # new jobs to the sub-broker. Sometimes this is desired, but it's
+        # incorrect to make that the general case. If we are asking for a
+        # single node, don't use a broker -- but introduce a flag that can
+        # force a single node to run in a broker.
+
+        if force_broker or nodes > 1:
+            LOGGER.debug(
+                "Launch under Flux sub-broker. [force_broker=%s, nodes=%d]",
+                force_broker, nodes
+            )
+            ngpus_per_slot = int(ceil(ngpus / nodes))
+            jobspec = flux.job.JobspecV1.from_nest_command(
+                [path], num_nodes=nodes, cores_per_slot=cores_per_task,
+                num_slots=nodes, gpus_per_slot=ngpus_per_slot)
+        else:
+            LOGGER.debug(
+                "Launch under root Flux broker. [force_broker=%s, nodes=%d]",
+                force_broker, nodes
+            )
+            jobspec = flux.job.JobspecV1.from_command(
+                [path], num_tasks=procs, num_nodes=nodes,
+                cores_per_task=cores_per_task, gpus_per_task=ngpus)
+
+        LOGGER.debug("Handle address -- %s", hex(id(cls.flux_handle)))
+        if job_name:
+            jobspec.setattr("system.job.name", job_name)
+        jobspec.cwd = cwd
+        jobspec.environment = dict(os.environ)
+
+        if walltime and walltime != "inf":
+            seconds = datetime.strptime(walltime, "%H:%M:%S")
+            seconds = seconds - datetime(1900, 1, 1)
+            jobspec.duration = seconds
+
+        jobspec.stdout = f"{job_name}.{{{{id}}}}.out"
+        jobspec.stderr = f"{job_name}.{{{{id}}}}.err"
+
+        try:
+            # Submit our job spec.
+            jobid = \
+                flux.job.submit(cls.flux_handle, jobspec, waitable=True)
+            submit_status = SubmissionCode.OK
+            retcode = 0
+
+            LOGGER.info("Submission returned status OK. -- "
+                        "Assigned identifier (%s)", jobid)
+        except Exception as exception:
+            LOGGER.error(
+                "Submission failed -- Message (%s).", exception)
+            jobid = -1
+            retcode = -1
+            submit_status = SubmissionCode.ERROR
+
+        return jobid, retcode, submit_status
+
+    @classmethod
+    def parallelize(cls, procs, nodes=None, **kwargs):
+        args = ["flux", "mini", "run", "-n", str(procs)]
+
+        # if we've specified nodes, add that to wreckrun
+        ntasks = nodes if nodes else 1
+        args.append("-N")
+        args.append(str(ntasks))
+
+        if "cores per task" in kwargs:
+            args.append("-c")
+            args.append(str(kwargs["cores per task"]))
+
+        if "gpus" in kwargs:
+            ngpus = str(kwargs["gpus"])
+            if ngpus.isdecimal():
+                args.append("-g")
+                args.append(ngpus)
+
+        # flux has additional arguments that can be passed via the '-o' flag.
+        addtl = []
+        addtl_args = kwargs.get("addtl_args", {})
+        for key, value in addtl_args.items():
+            addtl.append(f"{key}={value}")
+
+        if addtl:
+            args.append("-o")
+            args.append(",".join(addtl))
+
+        return " ".join(args)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_statuses(cls, joblist):
+        # We need to import flux here, as it may not be installed on
+        # all systems.
+        if not cls.flux_handle:
+            cls.flux_handle = flux.Flux()
+            LOGGER.debug("New Flux instance created.")
+
+        LOGGER.debug(
+            "Handle address -- %s", hex(id(cls.flux_handle)))
+
+        jobs_rpc = flux.job.list.JobList(cls.flux_handle, ids=joblist)
+
+        statuses = {}
+        for jobinfo in jobs_rpc.jobs():
+            statuses[jobinfo.id] = cls.state(jobinfo.status_abbrev)
+
+        chk_status = JobStatusCode.OK
+        #  Print all errors accumulated in JobList RPC:
+        try:
+            for err in jobs_rpc.errors:
+                chk_status = JobStatusCode.ERROR
+                LOGGER.error("Error in JobList RPC %s", err)
+        except EnvironmentError:
+            pass
+
+        return chk_status, statuses
+
+    @classmethod
+    def cancel(cls, joblist):
+        """
+        Cancel a job using Flux 0.17.0 cancellation API.
+
+        :param joblist: A list of job identifiers to cancel.
+        :return: CancelCode enumeration that reflects result of cancellation.
+        "return: A cancel return code indicating how cancellation call exited.
+        """
+        # We need to import flux here, as it may not be installed on
+        # all systems.
+        if not cls.flux_handle:
+            cls.flux_handle = flux.Flux()
+            LOGGER.debug("New Flux instance created.")
+
+        LOGGER.debug(
+            "Handle address -- %s", hex(id(cls.flux_handle)))
+        LOGGER.debug(
+            "Attempting to cancel jobs.\nJoblist:\n%s",
+            "\n".join(str(j) for j in joblist)
+        )
+
+        cancel_code = CancelCode.OK
+        cancel_rcode = 0
+        for job in joblist:
+            try:
+                LOGGER.debug("Cancelling Job %s...", job)
+                flux.job.cancel(cls.flux_handle, int(job))
+            except Exception as exception:
+                LOGGER.error(str(exception))
+                cancel_code = CancelCode.ERROR
+                cancel_rcode = 1
+
+        return cancel_code, cancel_rcode
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def state(state):
+        if state == "CD":
+            return State.FINISHED
+        elif state == "F":
+            return State.FAILED
+        elif state == "R":
+            return State.RUNNING
+        elif state == "PD":
+            return State.PENDING
+        elif state == "C":
+            return State.CANCELLED
+        elif state == "TO":
+            return State.TIMEDOUT
+        else:
+            return State.UNKNOWN
diff --git a/samples/lulesh/lulesh_sample1_unix_flux.yaml b/samples/lulesh/lulesh_sample1_unix_flux.yaml
index f9cad06d5..330507681 100644
--- a/samples/lulesh/lulesh_sample1_unix_flux.yaml
+++ b/samples/lulesh/lulesh_sample1_unix_flux.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ env:
 
 batch:
     type        : flux
-    version     : "0.19.0"
     host        : quartz
     bank        : baasic
     queue       : pbatch