diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 67e0fcfbd2..b43da29e61 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ observability tools.
 | Logs-SDK              | Beta               |
 | Logs-OTLP Exporter    | Beta               |
 | Logs-Appender-Tracing | Beta               |
-| Metrics-API           | Alpha              |
+| Metrics-API           | Beta               |
 | Metrics-SDK           | Alpha              |
 | Metrics-OTLP Exporter | Alpha              |
 | Traces-API            | Beta               |
diff --git a/opentelemetry-appender-log/CHANGELOG.md b/opentelemetry-appender-log/CHANGELOG.md
index e5eb014050..447059d397 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-appender-log/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/opentelemetry-appender-log/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## vNext
 
+## v0.26.0
+Released 2024-Sep-30
+- Update `opentelemetry` dependency version to 0.26
+
 ## v0.25.0
 
 - Update `opentelemetry` dependency version to 0.25
diff --git a/opentelemetry-appender-log/Cargo.toml b/opentelemetry-appender-log/Cargo.toml
index 6cfb4c1d66..94a13f24d9 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-appender-log/Cargo.toml
+++ b/opentelemetry-appender-log/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "opentelemetry-appender-log"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 description = "An OpenTelemetry appender for the log crate"
 homepage = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/tree/main/opentelemetry-appender-log"
 repository = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/tree/main/opentelemetry-appender-log"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ rust-version = "1.65"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
-opentelemetry = { version = "0.25", path = "../opentelemetry", features = ["logs"]}
+opentelemetry = { version = "0.26", path = "../opentelemetry", features = ["logs"]}
 log = { workspace = true, features = ["kv", "std"]}
 serde = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["std"] }
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-appender-tracing/CHANGELOG.md b/opentelemetry-appender-tracing/CHANGELOG.md
index 188bcae044..1d45b4cc38 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-appender-tracing/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/opentelemetry-appender-tracing/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
 
 ## vNext
 
-- [2101](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/pull/2101) The `log` events emitted via the `tracing` pipeline using the `log-tracing` crate no longer include the target metadata as attributes. Exporters or backends that rely on this attribute should now access the target directly from the `LogRecord::target` field.
+## v0.26.0
+Released 2024-Sep-30
 
+- Update `opentelemetry` dependency version to 0.26
+- [2101](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/pull/2101) The `log` events emitted via the `tracing` pipeline using the `log-tracing` crate no longer include the target metadata as attributes. Exporters or backends that rely on this attribute should now access the target directly from the `LogRecord::target` field.
 
 ## v0.25.0
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-appender-tracing/Cargo.toml b/opentelemetry-appender-tracing/Cargo.toml
index 322e451f32..eb52a7c02a 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-appender-tracing/Cargo.toml
+++ b/opentelemetry-appender-tracing/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "opentelemetry-appender-tracing"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "An OpenTelemetry log appender for the tracing crate"
 homepage = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/tree/main/opentelemetry-appender-tracing"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ rust-version = "1.65"
 
 [dependencies]
 log = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-opentelemetry = { version = "0.25", path = "../opentelemetry", features = ["logs"] }
+opentelemetry = { version = "0.26", path = "../opentelemetry", features = ["logs"] }
 tracing = { workspace = true, features = ["std"]}
 tracing-core = { workspace = true }
 tracing-log = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
diff --git a/opentelemetry-http/CHANGELOG.md b/opentelemetry-http/CHANGELOG.md
index 26101764c8..991911fc07 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-http/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/opentelemetry-http/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 ## vNext
 
+## v0.26.0
+Released 2024-Sep-30
+
+- Update `opentelemetry` dependency version to 0.26
+
 ## v0.25.0
 
 - Update `opentelemetry` dependency version to 0.25
diff --git a/opentelemetry-http/Cargo.toml b/opentelemetry-http/Cargo.toml
index dbde725bb2..fd3b3e92ac 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-http/Cargo.toml
+++ b/opentelemetry-http/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "opentelemetry-http"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 description = "Helper implementations for sending HTTP requests. Uses include propagating and extracting context over http, exporting telemetry, requesting sampling strategies."
 homepage = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust"
 repository = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust"
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ http = { workspace = true }
 http-body-util = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 hyper = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 hyper-util = { workspace = true, features = ["client-legacy", "http2"], optional = true }
-opentelemetry = { version = "0.25", path = "../opentelemetry", features = ["trace"] }
+opentelemetry = { version = "0.26", path = "../opentelemetry", features = ["trace"] }
 reqwest = { workspace = true, features = ["blocking"], optional = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["time"], optional = true }
diff --git a/opentelemetry-jaeger-propagator/CHANGELOG.md b/opentelemetry-jaeger-propagator/CHANGELOG.md
index ab69063ed5..e9a5a36c12 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-jaeger-propagator/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/opentelemetry-jaeger-propagator/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 ## vNext
 
+## v0.26.0
+Released 2024-Sep-30
+
+- Update `opentelemetry` dependency version to 0.26
+
 ## v0.25.0
 
 - Update `opentelemetry` dependency version to 0.25
diff --git a/opentelemetry-jaeger-propagator/Cargo.toml b/opentelemetry-jaeger-propagator/Cargo.toml
index a6aae9df57..ea88370d00 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-jaeger-propagator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/opentelemetry-jaeger-propagator/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "opentelemetry-jaeger-propagator"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 description = "Jaeger propagator for OpenTelemetry"
 homepage = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/tree/main/opentelemetry-jaeger-propagator"
 repository = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/tree/main/opentelemetry-jaeger-propagator"
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ all-features = true
 rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
 
 [dependencies]
-opentelemetry = { version = "0.25", default-features = false, features = [
+opentelemetry = { version = "0.26", default-features = false, features = [
     "trace",
 ], path = "../opentelemetry" }
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-otlp/CHANGELOG.md b/opentelemetry-otlp/CHANGELOG.md
index fa56e16469..099ca871fb 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-otlp/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/opentelemetry-otlp/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
 ## vNext
+
+## v0.26.0
+Released 2024-Sep-30
+
+- Update `opentelemetry` dependency version to 0.26
+- Update `opentelemetry_sdk` dependency version to 0.26
+- Update `opentelemetry-http` dependency version to 0.26
+- Update `opentelemetry-proto` dependency version to 0.26
 - Bump MSRV to 1.71.1 [2140](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/pull/2140)
 
 ## v0.25.0
diff --git a/opentelemetry-otlp/Cargo.toml b/opentelemetry-otlp/Cargo.toml
index b818eff46a..07ad6127df 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-otlp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/opentelemetry-otlp/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "opentelemetry-otlp"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 description = "Exporter for the OpenTelemetry Collector"
 homepage = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/tree/main/opentelemetry-otlp"
 repository = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/tree/main/opentelemetry-otlp"
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
 [dependencies]
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 futures-core = { workspace = true }
-opentelemetry = { version = "0.25", default-features = false, path = "../opentelemetry" }
-opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.25", default-features = false, path = "../opentelemetry-sdk" }
-opentelemetry-http = { version = "0.25", path = "../opentelemetry-http", optional = true }
-opentelemetry-proto = { version = "0.25", path = "../opentelemetry-proto", default-features = false }
+opentelemetry = { version = "0.26", default-features = false, path = "../opentelemetry" }
+opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.26", default-features = false, path = "../opentelemetry-sdk" }
+opentelemetry-http = { version = "0.26", path = "../opentelemetry-http", optional = true }
+opentelemetry-proto = { version = "0.26", path = "../opentelemetry-proto", default-features = false }
 tracing = {workspace = true, optional = true}
 
 prost = { workspace = true, optional = true }
diff --git a/opentelemetry-proto/CHANGELOG.md b/opentelemetry-proto/CHANGELOG.md
index 35a1564fb0..3212534425 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-proto/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/opentelemetry-proto/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 ## vNext
 
+## v0.26.0
+Released 2024-Sep-30
+
+- Update `opentelemetry` dependency version to 0.26
+- Update `opentelemetry_sdk` dependency version to 0.26
 - Fix JSON serialization of `metrics::Exemplar` and `trace::span::Link` [#2069](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/pull/2069)
 - Bump MSRV to 1.71.1 [2140](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/pull/2140)
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-proto/Cargo.toml b/opentelemetry-proto/Cargo.toml
index 66593f2a22..6b0243961b 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-proto/Cargo.toml
+++ b/opentelemetry-proto/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "opentelemetry-proto"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 description = "Protobuf generated files and transformations."
 homepage = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/tree/main/opentelemetry-proto"
 repository = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/tree/main/opentelemetry-proto"
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ populate-logs-event-name = []
 [dependencies]
 tonic = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["codegen", "prost"] }
 prost = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-opentelemetry = { version = "0.25", default-features = false, path = "../opentelemetry" }
-opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.25", default-features = false, path = "../opentelemetry-sdk" }
+opentelemetry = { version = "0.26", default-features = false, path = "../opentelemetry" }
+opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.26", default-features = false, path = "../opentelemetry-sdk" }
 schemars = { version = "0.8", optional = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["serde_derive"] }
 hex = { version = "0.4.3", optional = true }
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/CHANGELOG.md b/opentelemetry-sdk/CHANGELOG.md
index ce8ce1edec..06e6b39598 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## vNext
 
+## v0.26.0
+Released 2024-Sep-30
+
+- Update `opentelemetry` dependency version to 0.26
 - **BREAKING** Public API changes:
   - **Removed**: `SdkMeter` struct [#2113](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/pull/2113). This API is only meant for internal use.
   - **Removed**: `AggregationSelector` trait and `DefaultAggregationSelector` struct [#2085](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/pull/2085). This API was unnecessary. The feature to customize aggregation for instruments should be offered by `Views` API.
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/Cargo.toml b/opentelemetry-sdk/Cargo.toml
index 3c42c6a346..86380d45ca 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "opentelemetry_sdk"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 description = "The SDK for the OpenTelemetry metrics collection and distributed tracing framework"
 homepage = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust"
 repository = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust"
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.65"
 
 [dependencies]
-opentelemetry = { version = "0.25", path = "../opentelemetry/" }
-opentelemetry-http = { version = "0.25", path = "../opentelemetry-http", optional = true }
+opentelemetry = { version = "0.26", path = "../opentelemetry/" }
+opentelemetry-http = { version = "0.26", path = "../opentelemetry-http", optional = true }
 async-std = { workspace = true, features = ["unstable"], optional = true }
 async-trait = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 futures-channel = "0.3"
diff --git a/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/CHANGELOG.md b/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/CHANGELOG.md
index 2d1e363e23..ff362510ad 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## vNext
 
+## v0.26.0
+Released 2024-Sep-30
+
 ### Changed
 
 - Starting with this version, this crate will use Weaver for the generation of
diff --git a/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/Cargo.toml b/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/Cargo.toml
index 21545a7145..0717a21851 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/Cargo.toml
+++ b/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "opentelemetry-semantic-conventions"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 description = "Semantic conventions for OpenTelemetry"
 homepage = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/tree/main/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions"
 repository = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/tree/main/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions"
diff --git a/opentelemetry-stdout/CHANGELOG.md b/opentelemetry-stdout/CHANGELOG.md
index 061de5c524..3224c87261 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-stdout/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/opentelemetry-stdout/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 ## vNext
 
+## v0.26.0
+Released 2024-Sep-30
+
+- Update `opentelemetry` dependency version to 0.26
+- Update `opentelemetry_sdk` dependency version to 0.26
+
 ## v0.25.0
 
 - Update `opentelemetry` dependency version to 0.25
diff --git a/opentelemetry-stdout/Cargo.toml b/opentelemetry-stdout/Cargo.toml
index b28d224b4f..ce070f3d39 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-stdout/Cargo.toml
+++ b/opentelemetry-stdout/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "opentelemetry-stdout"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 description = "An OpenTelemetry exporter for stdout"
 homepage = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/tree/main/opentelemetry-stdout"
 repository = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/tree/main/opentelemetry-stdout"
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ async-trait = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 chrono = { version = "0.4.34", default-features = false, features = ["now"] }
 thiserror = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 futures-util = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-opentelemetry = { version = "0.25", path = "../opentelemetry" }
-opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.25", path = "../opentelemetry-sdk" }
+opentelemetry = { version = "0.26", path = "../opentelemetry" }
+opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.26", path = "../opentelemetry-sdk" }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 ordered-float = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/opentelemetry-zipkin/CHANGELOG.md b/opentelemetry-zipkin/CHANGELOG.md
index 56cb32b22a..dac9dc0315 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-zipkin/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/opentelemetry-zipkin/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 ## vNext
 
+## v0.26.0
+Released 2024-Sep-30
+
+- Update `opentelemetry` dependency version to 0.26
+- Update `opentelemetry_sdk` dependency version to 0.26
+- Update `opentelemetry-http` dependency version to 0.26
+- Update `opentelemetry-semantic-conventions` dependency version to 0.26
+
 ## v0.25.0
 
 - Update `opentelemetry` dependency version to 0.25
diff --git a/opentelemetry-zipkin/Cargo.toml b/opentelemetry-zipkin/Cargo.toml
index 0e190e0c69..ee658ca494 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-zipkin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/opentelemetry-zipkin/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "opentelemetry-zipkin"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 description = "Zipkin exporter for OpenTelemetry"
 homepage = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/tree/main/opentelemetry-zipkin"
 repository = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/tree/main/opentelemetry-zipkin"
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ reqwest-rustls = ["reqwest", "reqwest/rustls-tls-native-roots"]
 [dependencies]
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 once_cell = { workspace = true }
-opentelemetry = { version = "0.25", path = "../opentelemetry" }
-opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.25", path = "../opentelemetry-sdk", features = ["trace"] }
-opentelemetry-http = { version = "0.25", path = "../opentelemetry-http" }
-opentelemetry-semantic-conventions = { version = "0.25", path = "../opentelemetry-semantic-conventions" }
+opentelemetry = { version = "0.26", path = "../opentelemetry" }
+opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.26", path = "../opentelemetry-sdk", features = ["trace"] }
+opentelemetry-http = { version = "0.26", path = "../opentelemetry-http" }
+opentelemetry-semantic-conventions = { version = "0.26", path = "../opentelemetry-semantic-conventions" }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 typed-builder = "0.18"
diff --git a/opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md b/opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
index 1320eec7d6..86b43f4f50 100644
--- a/opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## vNext
 
+## v0.26.0
+Released 2024-Sep-30
+
 - **BREAKING** Public API changes:
   - **Removed**: `Key.bool()`, `Key.i64()`, `Key.f64()`, `Key.string()`, `Key.array()` [#2090](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/issues/2090).     These APIs were redundant as they didn't offer any additional functionality. The existing `KeyValue::new()` API covers all the scenarios offered by these APIs.
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry/Cargo.toml b/opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
index f6628133b7..c553731715 100644
--- a/opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
+++ b/opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "opentelemetry"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 description = "OpenTelemetry API for Rust"
 homepage = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust"
 repository = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust"