diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c6dad67..d4b47b8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='planqk-quantum',
-    version="1.25.0",
+    version="1.26.0",
     author='Anaqor AG',
     author_email='info@anaqor.io',
     url='https://github.com/planqk/planqk-quantum',