diff --git a/core-services/batch/pom.xml b/core-services/batch/pom.xml
index a4a4ce9f0..16da52c79 100644
--- a/core-services/batch/pom.xml
+++ b/core-services/batch/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.sap.ai.sdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>sdk-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.25.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.26.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>batch</artifactId>
diff --git a/core-services/document-grounding/pom.xml b/core-services/document-grounding/pom.xml
index e7f3bb465..ab00952e0 100644
--- a/core-services/document-grounding/pom.xml
+++ b/core-services/document-grounding/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.sap.ai.sdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>sdk-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.25.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.26.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>document-grounding</artifactId>
diff --git a/core-services/prompt-registry/pom.xml b/core-services/prompt-registry/pom.xml
index b9dbba761..e7880ee9d 100644
--- a/core-services/prompt-registry/pom.xml
+++ b/core-services/prompt-registry/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.sap.ai.sdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>sdk-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.25.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.26.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>prompt-registry</artifactId>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 422b66b8f..7df195f49 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.sap.ai.sdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>sdk-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.25.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.26.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>core</artifactId>
   <name>AI Core client</name>
diff --git a/docs/release_notes.md b/docs/release_notes.md
index 95ef274d7..5745d6681 100644
--- a/docs/release_notes.md
+++ b/docs/release_notes.md
@@ -8,12 +8,11 @@
 
 ### 🔧 Compatibility Notes
 
-- [RPT] SAP-RPT was updated to the newer 1.6.0 API
+-
 
 ### ✨ New Functionality
 
-- [Grounding] Enabled presigned URL for Pipeline Documents.
-- [RPT] Added `SAP_RPT_1_6` and `SAP_RPT_1_6_LARGE` to the model list in `RptModel`.
+-
 
 ### 📈 Improvements
 
@@ -21,4 +20,4 @@
 
 ### 🐛 Fixed Issues
 
-- [Realtime] Fixed possible race condition in Realtime API implementation
+-
diff --git a/foundation-models/openai/pom.xml b/foundation-models/openai/pom.xml
index 18b4ea321..63df477a6 100644
--- a/foundation-models/openai/pom.xml
+++ b/foundation-models/openai/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.sap.ai.sdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>sdk-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.25.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.26.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.sap.ai.sdk.foundationmodels</groupId>
diff --git a/foundation-models/sap-rpt/pom.xml b/foundation-models/sap-rpt/pom.xml
index a36a81858..ac7e6e300 100644
--- a/foundation-models/sap-rpt/pom.xml
+++ b/foundation-models/sap-rpt/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.sap.ai.sdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>sdk-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.25.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.26.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.sap.ai.sdk.foundationmodels</groupId>
diff --git a/orchestration/pom.xml b/orchestration/pom.xml
index e5d998154..5d3cbf1e0 100644
--- a/orchestration/pom.xml
+++ b/orchestration/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.sap.ai.sdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>sdk-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.25.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.26.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>orchestration</artifactId>
   <name>Orchestration client</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 471bd3221..ea44d1946 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.sap.ai.sdk</groupId>
   <artifactId>sdk-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>1.25.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.26.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Parent pom</name>
   <description>SAP Cloud SDK for AI is the official Software Development Kit (SDK) for SAP AI Core, SAP Generative AI Hub, and Orchestration Service. The parent pom defines dependency versions and plugin configurations</description>
diff --git a/sample-code/spring-app/pom.xml b/sample-code/spring-app/pom.xml
index 47b2083a1..cc01e7844 100644
--- a/sample-code/spring-app/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-code/spring-app/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.sap.ai.sdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>sdk-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.25.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.26.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.sap.ai.sdk.app</groupId>