diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d1e2cfd5..e984a351 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
         fetch-depth: 50
         submodules: true
 
-    - uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.2.2
+    - uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.8.0
       env:
         CIBW_BUILD_VERBOSITY: 1
         CIBW_BUILD: ${{ matrix.cibw_python }}
diff --git a/asyncpg/_version.py b/asyncpg/_version.py
index ce45e9c8..7e897c90 100644
--- a/asyncpg/_version.py
+++ b/asyncpg/_version.py
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@
 # supported platforms, publish the packages on PyPI, merge the PR
 # to the target branch, create a Git tag pointing to the commit.
 
-__version__ = '0.26.0.dev0'
+__version__ = '0.26.0'