diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index f3dbfd2a..b33e9fd7 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.26.0"
+  ".": "1.26.1"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 501a280f..761e924e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.26.1](https://github.com/googleapis/go-sql-spanner/compare/v1.26.0...v1.26.1) (2026-06-30)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Update module github.com/googleapis/go-sql-spanner to v1.26.0 ([#861](https://github.com/googleapis/go-sql-spanner/issues/861)) ([26b82b5](https://github.com/googleapis/go-sql-spanner/commit/26b82b52aeb37b2e5b9e0b16a218f19d4d305655))
+
 ## [1.26.0](https://github.com/googleapis/go-sql-spanner/compare/v1.25.2...v1.26.0) (2026-06-29)
 
 
diff --git a/driver.go b/driver.go
index b8d2c97f..edb11ff0 100644
--- a/driver.go
+++ b/driver.go
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 )
 
-const ModuleVersion = "1.26.0"            // x-release-please-version
-const userAgent = "go-sql-spanner/1.26.0" // x-release-please-version
+const ModuleVersion = "1.26.1"            // x-release-please-version
+const userAgent = "go-sql-spanner/1.26.1" // x-release-please-version
 
 const gormModule = "github.com/googleapis/go-gorm-spanner"
 const gormUserAgent = "go-gorm-spanner"