diff --git a/_servicedata b/_servicedata
index 15bfc9e..6e00d4b 100644
--- a/_servicedata
+++ b/_servicedata
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
git://github.com/openSUSE/obs-service-source_validator.git
c68d7a28c4ecd88b179359b030098503e75adc0b
https://github.com/openSUSE/obs-service-source_validator.git
- f1d506e1b2cece7ce0e0febe892c825de644bc25
\ No newline at end of file
+ bed1b989bd288bf390c72b8a97a9dddd10d727dd
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/debian.dsc b/debian.dsc
index 44a75ce..68002fe 100644
--- a/debian.dsc
+++ b/debian.dsc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
Format: 1.0
Source: obs-service-source-validator
-Version: 0.25-0
+Version: 0.26-0
Binary: obs-service-source-validator
Maintainer: Hib Eris
Architecture: all
diff --git a/obs-service-source_validator-0.25.tar.bz2 b/obs-service-source_validator-0.25.tar.bz2
deleted file mode 100644
index 5125b84..0000000
--- a/obs-service-source_validator-0.25.tar.bz2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:2a99bcaf76761168fd3519ce19871fc48a8babd81a0a376051f0d0100458692d
-size 59785
diff --git a/obs-service-source_validator-0.26.tar.bz2 b/obs-service-source_validator-0.26.tar.bz2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34ee1c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/obs-service-source_validator-0.26.tar.bz2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:cec78b7e87ee355c6e288c48cff183a5e0fb5a505b1d8da4ae1e37d81f2fcee3
+size 59870
diff --git a/obs-service-source_validator.changes b/obs-service-source_validator.changes
index 113651b..756af3b 100644
--- a/obs-service-source_validator.changes
+++ b/obs-service-source_validator.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Aug 11 11:48:16 UTC 2022 - ro@suse.de
+
+- Update to version 0.26:
+ * Skip non-existing files from the invalid-patches check
+ * Treat to-be-deleted patches as nonexisting for the source-tracked check
+ * Update README with a clearer mission/scope
+ * cleanup: make variable name a valid english word
+
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Thu Aug 4 12:09:42 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller
diff --git a/obs-service-source_validator.spec b/obs-service-source_validator.spec
index 45d4c4a..4aacc4d 100644
--- a/obs-service-source_validator.spec
+++ b/obs-service-source_validator.spec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Summary: An OBS source service: running all the osc source-validator chec
License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Group: Development/Tools/Building
URL: https://github.com/openSUSE/obs-service-source_validator
-Version: 0.25
+Version: 0.26
Release: 0
# use osc service dr to update
Source: %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2