diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 71ed0f37e1cb0e0111fdc7790a9238f450570429..5bd8c1b2211f9602dc994c20110772024661ef01 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ stages:
   - deploy-extended
 
 variables:
-  KUBESPRAY_VERSION: v2.25.0
+  KUBESPRAY_VERSION: v2.26.0
   FAILFASTCI_NAMESPACE: 'kargo-ci'
   GITLAB_REPOSITORY: 'kargo-ci/kubernetes-sigs-kubespray'
   ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR: "true"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7bb62ef17ebd98dc69a8372c9add0f2f475de6e0..e421f04396f94b5d90956481ab3004429b53e7e6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ You will then need to use [bind mounts](https://docs.docker.com/storage/bind-mou
 to access the inventory and SSH key in the container, like this:
 
 ```ShellSession
-git checkout v2.25.0
-docker pull quay.io/kubespray/kubespray:v2.25.0
+git checkout v2.26.0
+docker pull quay.io/kubespray/kubespray:v2.26.0
 docker run --rm -it --mount type=bind,source="$(pwd)"/inventory/sample,dst=/inventory \
   --mount type=bind,source="${HOME}"/.ssh/id_rsa,dst=/root/.ssh/id_rsa \
-  quay.io/kubespray/kubespray:v2.25.0 bash
+  quay.io/kubespray/kubespray:v2.26.0 bash
 # Inside the container you may now run the kubespray playbooks:
 ansible-playbook -i /inventory/inventory.ini --private-key /root/.ssh/id_rsa cluster.yml
 ```
diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
index 88ae8e60c251fd9df85604cd40009d174e54f711..4b3e34e454cf3006f332d2c04aa5d3354c0d01c7 100644
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 namespace: kubernetes_sigs
 description: Deploy a production ready Kubernetes cluster
 name: kubespray
-version: 2.26.0
+version: 2.27.0
 readme: README.md
 authors:
   - The Kubespray maintainers (https://kubernetes.slack.com/channels/kubespray)