diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 64e1e8f8..24f175e8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.26.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner-jdbc/compare/v2.25.3...v2.26.0) (2025-01-11)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Support for spanner external host ([#1884](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner-jdbc/issues/1884)) ([123a7bc](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner-jdbc/commit/123a7bcd9825b20bfbf7e9b057c2bd0f5213cac3))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* Update dependency com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-cloud-trace-v1 to v2.56.0 ([#1887](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner-jdbc/issues/1887)) ([2016d9c](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner-jdbc/commit/2016d9c47a5c6d12ba101827fe933c3ddd334e78))
+* Update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-spanner-bom to v6.85.0 ([#1889](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner-jdbc/issues/1889)) ([3424d38](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner-jdbc/commit/3424d382a89b33d0870b00f04fd10dafa62bcc3d))
+* Update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-trace to v2.56.0 ([#1888](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner-jdbc/issues/1888)) ([ce78b18](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner-jdbc/commit/ce78b188e70f30776e58a1e3a7d8c4b1559e4d68))
+* Update dependency com.google.cloud:sdk-platform-java-config to v3.41.1 ([#1886](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner-jdbc/issues/1886)) ([73eacc6](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner-jdbc/commit/73eacc66bacfd5c367f764ed3db805309cb0d1c8))
+
 ## [2.25.3](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner-jdbc/compare/v2.25.2...v2.25.3) (2025-01-06)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ec61e362..1c0c6b10 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ If you are using Maven, add this to your pom.xml file:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-jdbc</artifactId>
-  <version>2.25.3</version>
+  <version>2.26.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 <!--- {x-version-update-end} -->
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ If you are using Gradle without BOM, add this to your dependencies
 
 <!--- {x-version-update-start:google-cloud-spanner-jdbc:released} -->
 ```Groovy
-implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-spanner-jdbc:2.25.3'
+implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-spanner-jdbc:2.26.0'
 ```
 <!--- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies
 
 <!--- {x-version-update-start:google-cloud-spanner-jdbc:released} -->
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-spanner-jdbc" % "2.25.3"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-spanner-jdbc" % "2.26.0"
 ```
 <!--- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5d136645..8d8afb29 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-jdbc</artifactId>
-  <version>2.25.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner-jdbc:current} -->
+  <version>2.26.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner-jdbc:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Spanner JDBC</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner-jdbc</url>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index ea33b94e..5f470ec1 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-jdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>2.25.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>2.26.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index bf44f183..bab76b39 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-spanner-jdbc:2.25.3:2.25.4-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-spanner-jdbc:2.26.0:2.26.0