diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ef02946e5..e6089edea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ For official packages, professional support, consulting and more, please visit [
 
 We recommend using the latest version, which contains all the important fixes
 and performance improvements. Bugfix releases are guaranteed only for the
-latest major release line (currently 26.03.x).
+latest major release line (currently 26.09.x).
 
 To download the latest Open CAS Linux release run following commands:
 
 ```
-wget https://github.com/Open-CAS/open-cas-linux/releases/download/v26.03.4/open-cas-linux-26.03.4.1040.release.tar.gz
-tar xf open-cas-linux-26.03.4.1040.release.tar.gz
-cd open-cas-linux-26.03.4.1040.release/
+wget https://github.com/Open-CAS/open-cas-linux/releases/download/v26.09/open-cas-linux-26.09.0.1102.release.tar.gz
+tar xf open-cas-linux-26.09.0.1102.release.tar.gz
+cd open-cas-linux-26.09.0.1102.release/
 ```
 
 Alternatively, if you want recent development (unstable) version, you can clone GitHub repository:
diff --git a/version b/version
index f3c97af26..2f99cdc58 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 CAS_VERSION_MAIN=26
-CAS_VERSION_MAJOR=9
+CAS_VERSION_MAJOR=12
 CAS_VERSION_MINOR=0