chore: release notes and version bump for v0.26.9

docs/release_notes/v0.26.9.md

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+# Release v0.26.9
+
+- fix: manually set client-side ratelimiting to previous values (#754)
+- fix(deps): remove ocm dependent pins from go mod (#739)
+- fix: rename the helm podinfo deployer as it collides with ocm test (#736)
+- chore: add more log output to the e2e tests (#724)
+
+## 🧰 Maintenance
+
+- chore(deps): bump github.com/ulikunitz/xz from 0.5.12 to 0.5.14 in the go\_modules group (#735)
+- chore(deps): bump github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 from 2.3.0 to 2.4.0 in the go\_modules group (#732)
+- chore(deps): bump helm.sh/helm/v3 from 3.18.4 to 3.18.5 in the go\_modules group (#722)
+
+## ⬆️ Dependencies
+
+- chore(deps): bump github.com/ulikunitz/xz from 0.5.12 to 0.5.14 in the go\_modules group (#735)
+- chore(deps): bump github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 from 2.3.0 to 2.4.0 in the go\_modules group (#732)
+- chore(deps): bump helm.sh/helm/v3 from 3.18.4 to 3.18.5 in the go\_modules group (#722)

pkg/version/release.go

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 package version
 
 // ReleaseVersion is the version number in semver format "vX.Y.Z", prefixed with "v".
-var ReleaseVersion = "v0.26.8"
+var ReleaseVersion = "v0.26.9"
 
 // ReleaseCandidate is the release candidate ID in format "rc.X", which will be appended to the release version.
 var ReleaseCandidate = "rc.1"