diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 1d9e4aea6..a1bca360a 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 3.25.0.dev
+current_version = 3.26.0.dev
 commit = False
 tag = False
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)(\.(?P<release>[a-z]+))?
diff --git a/CHANGES/2457.removal b/CHANGES/2457.removal
deleted file mode 100644
index e5d741b6a..000000000
--- a/CHANGES/2457.removal
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Removed the ability to generate sqlite metadata during repository publish.
diff --git a/CHANGES/2480.deprecation b/CHANGES/2480.deprecation
deleted file mode 100644
index a0ed539f7..000000000
--- a/CHANGES/2480.deprecation
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Deprecated the 'package_checksum_type' and 'metadata_checksum_type' options on the `RpmRepository`
-and `RpmPublication` models. A 'checksum_type' argument will be provided instead, which will
-control both settings (but they will no longer be individually controllable).
diff --git a/CHANGES/2488.removal b/CHANGES/2488.removal
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b5b7984d..000000000
--- a/CHANGES/2488.removal
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Removed support for publishing repos with a checksum type of md5, sha1, or sha224
diff --git a/CHANGES/3285.bugfix b/CHANGES/3285.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index e935b3f99..000000000
--- a/CHANGES/3285.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Added support for preventing unquoted NSVCA numerical values (e.g. ``"stream": 2.10``) of having zeros stripped on modulemd YAML files.
diff --git a/CHANGES/3316.feature b/CHANGES/3316.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 6edf64f01..000000000
--- a/CHANGES/3316.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Added a ``compression_type`` option to allow publishing metadata files with zstd compression (in addition to the default gzip).
diff --git a/CHANGES/3345.misc b/CHANGES/3345.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 62a54d3ff..000000000
--- a/CHANGES/3345.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Simplified subrepo deletion logic to make it more reliable.
diff --git a/CHANGES/3351.bugfix b/CHANGES/3351.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index bf1076359..000000000
--- a/CHANGES/3351.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixed bug about malformed tuple introduced on the removal of sqlite-metadata support (PR #3328).
diff --git a/CHANGES/3357.bugfix b/CHANGES/3357.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index f037798cc..000000000
--- a/CHANGES/3357.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixed server error when trying to create repository with deprecated `gpgcheck` and `repo_gpgcheck`.
diff --git a/CHANGES/3381.bugfix b/CHANGES/3381.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index a467ccf21..000000000
--- a/CHANGES/3381.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixes bug where RpmPublications couldn't be created when using a non-admin user.
diff --git a/CHANGES/3381.feature b/CHANGES/3381.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 7888cb3d6..000000000
--- a/CHANGES/3381.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Raised pulpcore requirement to 3.44.1 to fix an RBAC related bug.
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 9d288f175..8963b5406 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = "3.25.0.dev"
+version = "3.26.0.dev"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = "3.25.0.dev"
+release = "3.26.0.dev"
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/pulp_rpm/app/__init__.py b/pulp_rpm/app/__init__.py
index c16975bb7..b943de046 100644
--- a/pulp_rpm/app/__init__.py
+++ b/pulp_rpm/app/__init__.py
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ class PulpRpmPluginAppConfig(PulpPluginAppConfig):
 
     name = "pulp_rpm.app"
     label = "rpm"
-    version = "3.25.0.dev"
+    version = "3.26.0.dev"
     python_package_name = "pulp-rpm"
     domain_compatible = True
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3ad23b177..6ae2cecea 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="pulp-rpm",
-    version="3.25.0.dev",
+    version="3.26.0.dev",
     description="RPM plugin for the Pulp Project",
     long_description=long_description,
     license="GPLv2+",