diff --git a/docusaurus.config.js b/docusaurus.config.js
index 36583696..72c12a75 100644
--- a/docusaurus.config.js
+++ b/docusaurus.config.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const apiConfig = [
           },
           {
             route: "/api/",
-            spec: "static/swagger-25.json",
+            spec: "static/swagger-26.json",
           },
            {
             route: "/api/1.26/",
@@ -82,11 +82,11 @@ const globalVariables = {
     goVersion: "1.26",
     minGoVersion: "1.26",
     minNodeVersion: "22",
-    version: "1.26.0-rc0",
-    sourceVersion: "v1.26.0-rc0",
+    version: "1.26.0",
+    sourceVersion: "v1.26.0",
     sourceBranch: "release/v1.26",
-    dockerVersion: "1.26.0-rc0",
-    displayVersion: "1.26.0-rc0",
+    dockerVersion: "1.26.0",
+    displayVersion: "1.26.0",
   },
   "1.25": {
     goVersion: "1.25",
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ const config = {
             }/${docPath}`;
           },
           versions: versions,
-          lastVersion: "1.25",
+          lastVersion: "1.26",
           async sidebarItemsGenerator({
             defaultSidebarItemsGenerator,
             ...args
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ const config = {
             label: "Docs",
           },
           {
-            to: "/api/1.25/",
+            to: "/api/1.26/",
             label: "API",
             position: "left",
             activeBaseRegex: "api/(1.22|1.23|1.24|1.25|1.26|next)/",
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ const config = {
             position: "right",
             items: [
               { to: "/api/next/", label: "1.27-dev" },
-              { to: "/api/1.26/", label: "1.26.0-rc0" },
+              { to: "/api/1.26/", label: "1.26.0" },
               { to: "/api/1.25/", label: "1.25.5" },
               { to: "/api/1.24/", label: "1.24.7" },
               { to: "/api/1.23/", label: "1.23.8" },
diff --git a/static/swagger-26.json b/static/swagger-26.json
index 1f066056..2048cdb1 100644
--- a/static/swagger-26.json
+++ b/static/swagger-26.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
       "name": "MIT",
       "url": "http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"
     },
-    "version": "1.26.0-rc0"
+    "version": "1.26.0"
   },
   "basePath": "https://gitea.com/api/v1",
   "paths": {
@@ -31069,4 +31069,4 @@
       "TOTPHeader": []
     }
   ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/update_api_docs.sh b/update_api_docs.sh
index a14f5718..3d43f888 100755
--- a/update_api_docs.sh
+++ b/update_api_docs.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ inplace_sed 's|"version": "{{.SwaggerAppVer}}"|"version": "dev"|' v1_json.tmpl
 inplace_sed 's|"basePath": "{{.SwaggerAppSubUrl}}/api/v1"|"basePath": "https://gitea.com/api/v1"|' v1_json.tmpl
 mv v1_json.tmpl static/swagger-latest.json
 
-for ver in '1.26.0-rc0' '1.25.5' '1.24.7' '1.23.8' '1.22.6'; do
+for ver in '1.26.0' '1.25.5' '1.24.7' '1.23.8' '1.22.6'; do
   curl --silent --output v1_json.tmpl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/go-gitea/gitea/refs/tags/v${ver}/templates/swagger/v1_json.tmpl
   inplace_sed "s|\"version\": \"{{.SwaggerAppVer}}\"|\"version\": \"${ver}\"|" v1_json.tmpl
   inplace_sed 's|"basePath": "{{.SwaggerAppSubUrl}}/api/v1"|"basePath": "https://gitea.com/api/v1"|' v1_json.tmpl