diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 062496697..48ff24d4b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1019,6 +1019,7 @@ See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for more information.
            remove support for end-of-life Node version 12, default `resultVersion` to 3, update
            browser script to use ES2015, simplify JSON schema, address remaining CodeQL issues,
            improve performance, update dependencies.
+  * 0.26.1 - Improve MD051.
 
 [npm-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/v/markdownlint.svg
 [npm-url]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/markdownlint
diff --git a/demo/markdownlint-browser.js b/demo/markdownlint-browser.js
index 6acac86ba..12de73894 100644
--- a/demo/markdownlint-browser.js
+++ b/demo/markdownlint-browser.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! markdownlint 0.26.0 https://github.com/DavidAnson/markdownlint @license MIT */
+/*! markdownlint 0.26.1 https://github.com/DavidAnson/markdownlint @license MIT */
 var markdownlint;
 /******/ (() => { // webpackBootstrap
 /******/ 	var __webpack_modules__ = ({
@@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@ module.exports.referenceLinkImageData =
 
 module.exports.deprecatedRuleNames = ["MD002", "MD006"];
 module.exports.homepage = "https://github.com/DavidAnson/markdownlint";
-module.exports.version = "0.26.0";
+module.exports.version = "0.26.1";
 
 
 /***/ }),
diff --git a/helpers/package.json b/helpers/package.json
index 24755b85f..c915abacc 100644
--- a/helpers/package.json
+++ b/helpers/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "markdownlint-rule-helpers",
-  "version": "0.17.0",
+  "version": "0.17.1",
   "description": "A collection of markdownlint helper functions for custom rules",
   "main": "./helpers.js",
   "exports": "./helpers.js",
diff --git a/lib/constants.js b/lib/constants.js
index 8b78f35bc..c6ee2db91 100644
--- a/lib/constants.js
+++ b/lib/constants.js
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 
 module.exports.deprecatedRuleNames = [ "MD002", "MD006" ];
 module.exports.homepage = "https://github.com/DavidAnson/markdownlint";
-module.exports.version = "0.26.0";
+module.exports.version = "0.26.1";
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c8a083499..0e9b5d99d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "markdownlint",
-  "version": "0.26.0",
+  "version": "0.26.1",
   "description": "A Node.js style checker and lint tool for Markdown/CommonMark files.",
   "type": "commonjs",
   "main": "./lib/markdownlint.js",