diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 22ca39b9..a287df01 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Unreleased
-----------
+26.10.27
+--------
 - *BREAKING*: requires Python 3.11 or newer; tested on 3.11–3.14.
 - Packaging moved to `pyproject.toml` (hatchling) and uv; the `test` and `docs`
   extras are removed (now dependency groups).
diff --git a/src/commercetools/version.py b/src/commercetools/version.py
index a6c86d82..e3bcce67 100644
--- a/src/commercetools/version.py
+++ b/src/commercetools/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "2026.10.12"
+__version__ = "2026.10.27"