diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1e5d79e1b9..7fd44c33be 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 
+# 17.26.0 (2025-02-03)
+
+## What's Changed
+* Update changelog by @ct-sdks in https://github.com/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-v2/pull/811
+* Update generated SDKs by @ct-sdks in https://github.com/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-v2/pull/814
+
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-v2/compare/17.25.0...17.26.0
+
 # 17.25.0 (2025-01-23)
 
 ## What's Changed
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8423721301..f50c8ec89f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ The latest stable SDK release can be retrieved from [Maven Central](https://sear
 ```gradle
 ext {
     versions = [
-        commercetools: "17.25.0"
+        commercetools: "17.26.0"
     ]
 }
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ dependencies {
 
 ```maven
 <properties>
-    <commercetools.version>17.25.0</commercetools.version>
+    <commercetools.version>17.26.0</commercetools.version>
 </properties>
 <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/examples/maven-okhttp3/pom.xml b/examples/maven-okhttp3/pom.xml
index cc12c6a3dc..52420345f8 100644
--- a/examples/maven-okhttp3/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/maven-okhttp3/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
     <properties>
-        <commercetools.version>17.25.0</commercetools.version>
+        <commercetools.version>17.26.0</commercetools.version>
     </properties>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/examples/maven-okhttp4/pom.xml b/examples/maven-okhttp4/pom.xml
index 6647a08f4e..c8113a2bdb 100644
--- a/examples/maven-okhttp4/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/maven-okhttp4/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
     <properties>
-        <commercetools.version>17.25.0</commercetools.version>
+        <commercetools.version>17.26.0</commercetools.version>
     </properties>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/examples/spring-datadog-statsd/build.gradle b/examples/spring-datadog-statsd/build.gradle
index 901e7773f1..7aacfc8622 100644
--- a/examples/spring-datadog-statsd/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/spring-datadog-statsd/build.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ repositories {
 
 ext {
     versions = [
-            commercetools: "17.25.0",
+            commercetools: "17.26.0",
     ]
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/spring-datadog/build.gradle b/examples/spring-datadog/build.gradle
index 8b8063dbf2..a3adbeba90 100644
--- a/examples/spring-datadog/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/spring-datadog/build.gradle
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ repositories {
 
 ext {
     versions = [
-            commercetools: "17.25.0",
+            commercetools: "17.26.0",
     ]
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/spring-dynatrace-oneagent/build.gradle b/examples/spring-dynatrace-oneagent/build.gradle
index 2569f02bd8..32e7ad8fbf 100644
--- a/examples/spring-dynatrace-oneagent/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/spring-dynatrace-oneagent/build.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ repositories {
 
 ext {
     versions = [
-            commercetools: "17.25.0",
+            commercetools: "17.26.0",
     ]
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/spring-newrelic/build.gradle b/examples/spring-newrelic/build.gradle
index e2b9d0bff4..2836997c77 100644
--- a/examples/spring-newrelic/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/spring-newrelic/build.gradle
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ repositories {
 
 ext {
     versions = [
-            commercetools: "17.25.0",
+            commercetools: "17.26.0",
             newrelic: "8.16.0"
     ]
 }
diff --git a/examples/spring-otel/build.gradle b/examples/spring-otel/build.gradle
index 3464adeb90..680a8ffe9d 100644
--- a/examples/spring-otel/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/spring-otel/build.gradle
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ repositories {
 
 ext {
     versions = [
-            commercetools: "17.25.0",
+            commercetools: "17.26.0",
     ]
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/spring/build.gradle b/examples/spring/build.gradle
index fc2bfa617c..084ee37135 100644
--- a/examples/spring/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/spring/build.gradle
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ spotless {
 
 ext {
     versions = [
-        commercetools: "17.25.0"
+        commercetools: "17.26.0"
     ]
 }
 
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 94bdbdedd4..b2969adb2b 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#Thu Jan 23 13:34:16 UTC 2025
+#Mon Feb 03 10:15:35 UTC 2025
 kotlinVersion=1.5.30
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m
-version=17.26.0-SNAPSHOT
+version=17.27.0-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/reference.txt b/reference.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index df4de42927..0000000000
--- a/reference.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-5e97df67086d2ac10ae81272f890a1771af37f28