diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9f6c091ac..25fbf9b79 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "mteb"
-version = "1.25.20"
+version = "1.26.0"
 description = "Massive Text Embedding Benchmark"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [