diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 945fbaf..c84411f 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.25.0"
+  ".": "0.26.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c6adf22..ae5c54b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 What each release changed, newest first. Written by the run that publishes it, out of what landed on `main` since the release before, never by hand. The version is what `oak --version` answers and what a product pins itself to; what moves which number is the promise in the **[README](docs/README.md#1-get-oak)**.
 
+## [0.26.0](https://github.com/murkl/oak/compare/v0.25.0...v0.26.0) (2026-10-13)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* a script that stops on purpose is told in the module's own words ([#82](https://github.com/murkl/oak/issues/82)) ([34c1e04](https://github.com/murkl/oak/commit/34c1e043b9d3da6821dbcd8170ba0b4b30f917a7))
+
 ## [0.25.0](https://github.com/murkl/oak/compare/v0.24.0...v0.25.0) (2026-10-10)