diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: tiledb
 Type: Package
-Version: 0.29.0.8
+Version: 0.29.0.9
 Title: Modern Database Engine for Complex Data Based on Multi-Dimensional Arrays
 Authors@R: c(person("TileDB, Inc.", role = c("aut", "cph")),
   person("Dirk", "Eddelbuettel", email = "dirk@tiledb.com", role = "cre"))
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Ongoing Development
 
-* This release of the R package builds against [TileDB 2.26.0](https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB/releases/tag/2.26.0), and has also been tested against earlier releases as well as the development version (#745, #749, #750, #754)
+* This release of the R package builds against [TileDB 2.26.0](https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB/releases/tag/2.26.0), and has also been tested against earlier releases as well as the development version (#745, #749, #750, #754, #755)
 
 ## Improvements
 
diff --git a/tools/tiledbVersion.txt b/tools/tiledbVersion.txt
index 073bda1307..424a271be0 100644
--- a/tools/tiledbVersion.txt
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@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version: 2.26.0-rc4
-sha: 9683584
+version: 2.26.0
+sha: 983b716