diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html
index 329f18b8..18eb0dce 100644
--- a/docs/index.html
+++ b/docs/index.html
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
 								</a>
 							</div>
 							<ul class="right hide-on-med-and-down">
-								<li><a href="https://github.com/Erudika/scoold/releases/download/1.25.5/scoold-1.25.5.jar" title="Download">Download</a></li>
+								<li><a href="https://github.com/Erudika/scoold/releases/download/1.26.0/scoold-1.26.0.jar" title="Download">Download</a></li>
 								<li><a href="https://github.com/Erudika/scoold/" title="Source">Source</a></li>
 								<li><a href="https://live.scoold.com" title="Demo">Demo</a></li>
 							</ul>
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
 										</div>
 									</nav>
 								</li>
-								<li><a href="https://github.com/Erudika/scoold/releases/download/1.25.5/scoold-1.25.5.jar" title="Download">Download</a></li>
+								<li><a href="https://github.com/Erudika/scoold/releases/download/1.26.0/scoold-1.26.0.jar" title="Download">Download</a></li>
 								<li><a href="https://github.com/Erudika/scoold/" title="Source">Source</a></li>
 								<li><a href="https://live.scoold.com" title="Demo">Demo</a></li>
 							</ul>
@@ -177,11 +177,11 @@ <h5 class="white pam" style="line-height: 1.5em;">
 								<a href="https://paraio.com">Para</a>. It can be deployed on Heroku or your own infrastructure.
 							</h5>
 							<div class="mtl ptl">
-								<a href="https://github.com/Erudika/scoold/releases/download/1.25.5/scoold-1.25.5.jar"
+								<a href="https://github.com/Erudika/scoold/releases/download/1.26.0/scoold-1.26.0.jar"
 									 class="btn-large light-blue"><b>Download</b></a>
 							</div>
 							<div>
-								<small>v1.25.5, Requires Java 7+</small>
+								<small>v1.26.0, Requires Java 7+</small>
 							</div>
 						</div>
 						<div class="col m8">
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a66eafb9..0792b3bf 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>com.erudika</groupId>
 	<artifactId>scoold</artifactId>
-	<version>1.25.5</version>
+	<version>1.26.0</version>
 
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.erudika</groupId>
 			<artifactId>para-client</artifactId>
-			<version>1.25.4</version>
+			<version>1.26.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>rome</groupId>
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.6.1</version>
+				<version>3.7.0</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<source>1.7</source>
 					<target>1.7</target>