diff --git a/exporter/otlp/CHANGELOG.md b/exporter/otlp/CHANGELOG.md
index 3b31a2ae7..2288d5f02 100644
--- a/exporter/otlp/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/exporter/otlp/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Release History: opentelemetry-exporter-otlp
 
+### v0.26.0 / 2023-06-13
+
+* ADDED: Use OTLP 0.20.0 protos 
+
 ### v0.25.0 / 2023-06-01
 
 * BREAKING CHANGE: Remove support for EoL Ruby 2.7 
diff --git a/exporter/otlp/lib/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/version.rb b/exporter/otlp/lib/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/version.rb
index 4a67c5538..56359d9c1 100644
--- a/exporter/otlp/lib/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/version.rb
+++ b/exporter/otlp/lib/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/version.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module OpenTelemetry
   module Exporter
     module OTLP
       ## Current OpenTelemetry OTLP exporter version
-      VERSION = '0.25.0'
+      VERSION = '0.26.0'
     end
   end
 end