diff --git a/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release-notes/7.17.26.adoc b/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release-notes/7.17.26.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f35b731f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release-notes/7.17.26.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[[eshadoop-7.17.26]]
+== Elasticsearch for Apache Hadoop version 7.17.26
+
+ES-Hadoop 7.17.26 is a version compatibility release, tested specifically against
+Elasticsearch 7.17.26.
diff --git a/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release.adoc b/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release.adoc
index 38a6beaac..7ca219433 100644
--- a/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release.adoc
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ This section summarizes the changes in each release.
 [[release-notes-7]]
 ===== 7.x
 
+* <<eshadoop-7.17.26>>
 * <<eshadoop-7.17.25>>
 * <<eshadoop-7.17.24>>
 * <<eshadoop-7.17.23>>
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ Elasticsearch 5.3.1.
 
 ////////////////////////
 
+include::release-notes/7.17.26.adoc[]
 include::release-notes/7.17.25.adoc[]
 include::release-notes/7.17.24.adoc[]
 include::release-notes/7.17.23.adoc[]