diff --git a/storage/.release-please-manifest.json b/storage/.release-please-manifest.json
index 5d45f25af3a3..b9d04fa02462 100644
--- a/storage/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/storage/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    "storage": "1.25.0"
+    "storage": "1.26.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/storage/CHANGES.md b/storage/CHANGES.md
index b0b0447b26d2..141ded2a35ed 100644
--- a/storage/CHANGES.md
+++ b/storage/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 # Changes
 
 
+## [1.26.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/storage/v1.25.0...storage/v1.26.0) (2022-08-11)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **storage:** export ShouldRetry ([#6370](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/6370)) ([0da9ab0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/0da9ab0831540569dc04c0a23437b084b1564e15)), refs [#6362](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/6362)
+
 ## [1.25.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/storage/v1.24.0...storage/v1.25.0) (2022-08-11)
 
 
diff --git a/storage/internal/version.go b/storage/internal/version.go
index f494e95b15d3..dc70dd2f630d 100644
--- a/storage/internal/version.go
+++ b/storage/internal/version.go
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 package internal
 
 // Version is the current tagged release of the library.
-const Version = "1.25.0"
+const Version = "1.26.0"