diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ed4237bfe5aa36fbe4d05f6dadaee2ef73ec1af6..11c6e3f319b96815936e638bba2e9085f528a39c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ find_package(GaudiProject)
 #---------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Declare project name and version
-gaudi_project(Phys v26r4
-              USE Rec v24r3)
+gaudi_project(Phys v26r5
+              USE Rec v24r4)
diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/v26r5.md b/ReleaseNotes/v26r5.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2e5e8704d6787e0b301cc1f03137e05c5cdf59a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReleaseNotes/v26r5.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+2020-08-11 Phys v26r5
+===
+
+This version uses Gaudi v33r2, LHCb v45r4, Lbcom v23r0p4 and Rec v24r4, and uses LCG_97a with ROOT 6.20.06.
+
+Release for use with Run 1 or Run 2 data, prepared on the run2-patches branch.
+Built relative to Phys [v26r4](../-/tags/v26r4), with the following changes:
+
+
+### Code cleanups and changes to tests ~modernisation ~cleanup ~testing
+
+- Remove NeuroBayes tools and dependencies from run2-patches, !744 (@cattanem)
+- Remove obsolete CMakeLists.txt and test relevant only for SVN, !743 (@cattanem)
+