diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3454c5d499e..07103a103f6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.26.0
+* Feature - Startup order can now be explicitly set via DependsOn field in the Task Definition [#1904](https://github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/pull/1904)
+* Feature - Containers in a task can now have individual start and stop timeouts [#1904](https://github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/pull/1904)
+* Feature - AWS App Mesh CNI plugin support [#1898](https://github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/pull/1898)
+* Enhancement - Containers with links and volumes defined will now shutdown in the correct order [#1904](https://github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/pull/1904)
+* Bug - Image cleanup errors fixed [#1897](https://github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/pull/1897)
+
 ## 1.25.3
 * Bug - Fixed a bug where agent no longer redirected malformed credentials or metadata http requests [#1844](https://github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/pull/1844)
 * Bug - Populate v3 metadata networks response for non-awsvpc tasks [#1833](https://github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/pull/1833)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8907339c9ec..800f1a693bf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 ![Amazon ECS logo](doc/ecs.png "Amazon ECS")
 
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/aws/amazon-ecs-agent.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/aws/amazon-ecs-agent)
-[![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/upkhbwf2oc0srglt?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/AmazonECS/amazon-ecs-agent)
 
 
 The Amazon ECS Container Agent is a component of Amazon Elastic Container Service
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 5bb76b575e1..5ff8c4f5d2a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.25.3
+1.26.0
diff --git a/agent/version/version.go b/agent/version/version.go
index 1c5096ba044..c615a874661 100644
--- a/agent/version/version.go
+++ b/agent/version/version.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ package version
 // repository. Only the 'Version' const should change in checked-in source code
 
 // Version is the version of the Agent
-const Version = "1.25.3"
+const Version = "1.26.0"
 
 // GitDirty indicates the cleanliness of the git repo when this agent was built
 const GitDirty = true