diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9a264d4ec..432f1745e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Change log
 ==========
 
-1.26.0 (2020-04-29)
+1.26.0 (2020-06-03)
 -------------------
 
 ### Features
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ Change log
 
 - Bump `OpenSSL` from 1.1.1f to 1.1.1g
 
+- Bump `docker-py` from 4.2.0 to 4.2.1
+
 ### Bugs
 
 - Properly escape values coming from env_files
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@ Change log
 
 - Show an error message when `version` attribute is malformed
 
+- Fix HTTPS connection when DOCKER_HOST is remote
+
 1.25.5 (2020-02-04)
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/compose/__init__.py b/compose/__init__.py
index a279559fb..96193675a 100644
--- a/compose/__init__.py
+++ b/compose/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-__version__ = '1.26.0-rc4'
+__version__ = '1.26.0-rc5'
diff --git a/script/run/run.sh b/script/run/run.sh
index 2fd0b9d57..8e8b0d4bd 100755
--- a/script/run/run.sh
+++ b/script/run/run.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
-VERSION="1.26.0-rc4"
+VERSION="1.26.0-rc5"
 IMAGE="docker/compose:$VERSION"