update CHANGELOG and bump version to 6.26.1

Author: xrmx

CHANGELOG.asciidoc

@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ endif::[]
 [[release-notes-6.x]]
 === Python Agent version 6.x
 
+[[release-notes-6.26.1]]
+==== 6.26.1 - 2026-05-25
+
+[float]
+===== Bug fixes
+
+* Make AWS lambda layers publication more robust against regions failure {pull}2658[#2658]
+
 [[release-notes-6.26.0]]
 ==== 6.26.0 - 2026-05-25
 

docs/release-notes/index.md

@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ To check for security updates, go to [Security announcements for the Elastic sta
 
 % ### Fixes [elastic-apm-python-agent-versionext-fixes]
 
+## 6.26.1 [elastic-apm-python-agent-6261-release-notes]
+**Release date:** May 25, 2026
+
+### Fixes [elastic-apm-python-agent-6261-fixes]
+
+*  Make AWS lambda layers publication more robust against regions failure [#2658](https://github.com/elastic/apm-agent-python/pull/2658)
+
 ## 6.26.0 [elastic-apm-python-agent-6260-release-notes]
 **Release date:** May 25, 2026
 

elasticapm/version.py

@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@
 #  OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
 #  OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
-__version__ = (6, 26, 0)
+__version__ = (6, 26, 1)
 VERSION = ".".join(map(str, __version__))