diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index dcf9adc95c..38ba4249b8 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Changes in synapse v0.26.1 (2018-03-15)
+=======================================
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+* Fix bug where an invalid event caused server to stop functioning correctly,
+  due to parsing and serializing bugs in ujson library.
+
 Changes in synapse v0.26.0 (2018-01-05)
 =======================================
 
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index ef8853bd24..80efad3a65 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 """ This is a reference implementation of a Matrix home server.
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.26.0"
+__version__ = "0.26.1"