diff --git a/.github/project.yml b/.github/project.yml
index 84e9121..559d1cc 100644
--- a/.github/project.yml
+++ b/.github/project.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 name: JDK Classfile API backport
 release:
-  current-version: 25.1
+  current-version: 26.cr1
   next-version: 26.0-SNAPSHOT