diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index f53b4f3a9..794ab7c24 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.0.0-preview.25"
+  ".": "2.0.0-preview.26"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6fc26e5ca..852fee9eb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.0.0-preview.26](https://github.com/microsoft/OpenAPI.NET/compare/v2.0.0-preview.25...v2.0.0-preview.26) (2025-06-12)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* a bug where relative relative and sub-component JSON references would not resolve properly ([b7bc6be](https://github.com/microsoft/OpenAPI.NET/commit/b7bc6be4a05f1001130efb9af0b677dbec3055bc))
+* a bug where relative relative and sub-component JSON references would not resolve properly ([c53165c](https://github.com/microsoft/OpenAPI.NET/commit/c53165c72fae25ba0864a9f3c52d42e4ee05184d))
+* recursive relative reference resolution ([873acd4](https://github.com/microsoft/OpenAPI.NET/commit/873acd45eb6adecdc4219a08b028ddf35a568f01))
+* recursive relative reference resolution ([f296505](https://github.com/microsoft/OpenAPI.NET/commit/f296505b7123f35b2e45eedc9118c59b8f925cbd))
+* upgrades sharp yaml to avodi signing issues on netfx ([5dc7e81](https://github.com/microsoft/OpenAPI.NET/commit/5dc7e81fa7fad856edd96640ea7ee0e23e25a7f2))
+* upgrades sharp yaml to avodi signing issues on netfx ([4db5c1a](https://github.com/microsoft/OpenAPI.NET/commit/4db5c1ae39d4bc6c5138fda5d9d14904f069fa3e))
+
 ## [2.0.0-preview.25](https://github.com/microsoft/OpenAPI.NET/compare/v2.0.0-preview.24...v2.0.0-preview.25) (2025-06-10)
 
 
diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 7bb7b8abf..5410458b2 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/Microsoft/OpenAPI.NET</PackageProjectUrl>
     <Copyright>© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.</Copyright>
     <PackageTags>OpenAPI .NET</PackageTags>
-    <Version>2.0.0-preview.25</Version>
+    <Version>2.0.0-preview.26</Version>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <!-- https://github.com/clairernovotny/DeterministicBuilds#deterministic-builds -->
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TF_BUILD)' == 'true'">