diff --git a/.bumpclient.toml b/.bumpclient.toml
index 52880ecfd..48769fb0e 100644
--- a/.bumpclient.toml
+++ b/.bumpclient.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.25.3"
+current_version = "0.26.0"
 commit = true
 tag = false
 
diff --git a/.bumpversion.toml b/.bumpversion.toml
index 415a6ae9c..35a16cd46 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.toml
+++ b/.bumpversion.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.25.3"
+current_version = "0.26.0"
 commit = true
 tag = true
 
diff --git a/Helm/Chart.yaml b/Helm/Chart.yaml
index 3edda5305..0b4c74284 100644
--- a/Helm/Chart.yaml
+++ b/Helm/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: murfey-services
 description: Umbrella Helm chart for deploying the servers and daemons needed to enable Murfey to transfer and process data
-version: 0.25.3
+version: 0.26.0
 dependencies:
   - name: murfey-instrument-server-clem
   - name: murfey-instrument-server-tem
diff --git a/Helm/charts/murfey-instrument-server-clem/Chart.yaml b/Helm/charts/murfey-instrument-server-clem/Chart.yaml
index 2b86c0e1e..b4ceac24e 100644
--- a/Helm/charts/murfey-instrument-server-clem/Chart.yaml
+++ b/Helm/charts/murfey-instrument-server-clem/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: murfey-instrument-server-clem
 description: Helm chart for deploying a Murfey instrument server, which executes orders to detect, modify, and transfer files on the instrument PC, and notifies the backend server about transferred files
-version: 0.25.3
+version: 0.26.0
diff --git a/Helm/charts/murfey-instrument-server-tem/Chart.yaml b/Helm/charts/murfey-instrument-server-tem/Chart.yaml
index 3909f8375..9ee4b6250 100644
--- a/Helm/charts/murfey-instrument-server-tem/Chart.yaml
+++ b/Helm/charts/murfey-instrument-server-tem/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: murfey-instrument-server-tem
 description: Helm chart for deploying a Murfey instrument server, which executes orders to detect, modify, and transfer files on the instrument PC, and notifies the backend server about transferred files
-version: 0.25.3
+version: 0.26.0
diff --git a/Helm/charts/murfey-rsync/Chart.yaml b/Helm/charts/murfey-rsync/Chart.yaml
index 9103ed856..6d24baba3 100644
--- a/Helm/charts/murfey-rsync/Chart.yaml
+++ b/Helm/charts/murfey-rsync/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: murfey-rsync
 description: Helm chart for deploying an rsync daemon, which is responsible for executing the transfer of files from the client storage directory to the server storage system
-version: 0.25.3
+version: 0.26.0
diff --git a/Helm/charts/murfey-server/Chart.yaml b/Helm/charts/murfey-server/Chart.yaml
index 0f9aabcc5..39baffadc 100644
--- a/Helm/charts/murfey-server/Chart.yaml
+++ b/Helm/charts/murfey-server/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: murfey-server
 description: Helm chart for deploying a Murfey backend server, which is responsible for orchestrating the data transfer and processing workflow between the client PC and the storage system
-version: 0.25.3
+version: 0.26.0
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2183b81c6..4b107acf4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ requires = [
 
 [project]
 name = "murfey"
-version = "0.25.3"
+version = "0.26.0"
 description = "Client-Server architecture hauling Cryo-EM data"
 readme = "README.md"
 keywords = [
diff --git a/src/murfey/__init__.py b/src/murfey/__init__.py
index 96d438385..08cb04487 100644
--- a/src/murfey/__init__.py
+++ b/src/murfey/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-__version__ = "0.25.3"
-__supported_client_version__ = "0.25.3"
+__version__ = "0.26.0"
+__supported_client_version__ = "0.26.0"