diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 103f51115..be9e7a095 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [v0.2.6] - 2021-08-03
+
 ### Added
 
+Backported non-breaking changes from the upcoming 1.0 release:
+
 - `Transactional` SPI interface for executing groups of SPI transactions.
 - `Transactional` I2C interface for executing groups of I2C transactions.
 - 10-bit addressing mode for I2C traits.
@@ -16,7 +20,6 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 - `IoPin` trait for pins that can change between being inputs or outputs
   dynamically.
 
-### Changed
 
 ## [v0.2.5] - 2021-04-28
 
@@ -121,7 +124,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 Initial release
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/rust-embedded/embedded-hal/compare/v0.2.5...v0.2.x
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/rust-embedded/embedded-hal/compare/v0.2.6...v0.2.x
+[v0.2.6]: https://github.com/rust-embedded/embedded-hal/compare/v0.2.5...v0.2.6
 [v0.2.5]: https://github.com/rust-embedded/embedded-hal/compare/v0.2.4...v0.2.5
 [v0.2.4]: https://github.com/rust-embedded/embedded-hal/compare/v0.2.3...v0.2.4
 [v0.2.3]: https://github.com/rust-embedded/embedded-hal/compare/v0.2.2...v0.2.3
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2921daf73..a60ac4971 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 name = "embedded-hal"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/rust-embedded/embedded-hal"
-version = "0.2.5"
+version = "0.2.6"
 
 [dependencies.void]
 default-features = false