diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 0914443131..419ede3b9c 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.25.0
+3.26.0
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0d58c4a7d6..51653aa599 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for sqlite 3.25.0.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for sqlite 3.26.0.
 #
 #
 # Copyright (C) 1992-1996, 1998-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -726,8 +726,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='sqlite'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='sqlite'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='3.25.0'
-PACKAGE_STRING='sqlite 3.25.0'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='3.26.0'
+PACKAGE_STRING='sqlite 3.26.0'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT=''
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1466,7 +1466,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures sqlite 3.25.0 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures sqlite 3.26.0 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1531,7 +1531,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of sqlite 3.25.0:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of sqlite 3.26.0:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1657,7 +1657,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-sqlite configure 3.25.0
+sqlite configure 3.26.0
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -2076,7 +2076,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by sqlite $as_me 3.25.0, which was
+It was created by sqlite $as_me 3.26.0, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -12232,7 +12232,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by sqlite $as_me 3.25.0, which was
+This file was extended by sqlite $as_me 3.26.0, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -12298,7 +12298,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-sqlite config.status 3.25.0
+sqlite config.status 3.26.0
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 04f1f435c4..440891880d 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-C Optimization:\swhen\sdoing\san\sUPDATE\son\sa\stable\swith\sindexes\son\san\sexpression,\ndo\snot\supdate\sthe\sexpression\sindexes\sif\sthey\sdo\snot\srefer\sto\sany\sof\sthe\ncolumns\sof\sthe\stable\sbeing\supdated.
-D 2018-09-15T21:38:48.076
+C Increase\sthe\sversion\snumber\sto\s3.26.0\sas\swe\sstart\sthe\snext\sdevelopment\scycle.
+D 2018-09-15T21:43:14.220
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 F .fossil-settings/ignore-glob 35175cdfcf539b2318cb04a9901442804be81cd677d8b889fcc9149c21f239ea
 F Makefile.in 6b650013511fd9d8b094203ac268af9220d292cc7d4e1bc9fbca15aacd8c7995
 F Makefile.linux-gcc 7bc79876b875010e8c8f9502eb935ca92aa3c434
 F Makefile.msc a889c6981a222d639f8a548adcfb3183ac07871e27452ace4d810735750f216a
 F README.md 377233394b905d3b2e2b33741289e093bc93f2e7adbe00923b2c5958c9a9edee
-F VERSION d3e3afdec1165a5e593dcdfffd8e0f33a2b0186067eb51a073ef6c4aec34923d
+F VERSION 654da1d4053fb09ffc33a3910e6d427182a7dcdc67e934fa83de2849ac83fccb
 F aclocal.m4 a5c22d164aff7ed549d53a90fa56d56955281f50
 F art/sqlite370.eps aa97a671332b432a54e1d74ff5e8775be34200c2
 F art/sqlite370.ico af56c1d00fee7cd4753e8631ed60703ed0fc6e90
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ F autoconf/tea/win/rules.vc c511f222b80064096b705dbeb97060ee1d6b6d63
 F config.guess 226d9a188c6196f3033ffc651cbc9dcee1a42977
 F config.h.in 6376abec766e9a0785178b1823b5a587e9f1ccbc
 F config.sub 9ebe4c3b3dab6431ece34f16828b594fb420da55
-F configure e80ab4e1f5c63a6979971712d35142ad69ef40da6ee4e4df3456be1a77439124 x
+F configure 5811ffcd4866902d1706dcf8e0527f89165ec52859659942c9649bb1d3e4cc7b x
 F configure.ac 3552d3aecade98a9d4b64bceb48ffb7726cbc85902efde956812942f060fbd0a
 F contrib/sqlitecon.tcl 210a913ad63f9f991070821e599d600bd913e0ad
 F doc/F2FS.txt c1d4a0ae9711cfe0e1d8b019d154f1c29e0d3abfe820787ba1e9ed7691160fcd
@@ -1765,7 +1765,7 @@ F vsixtest/vsixtest.tcl 6a9a6ab600c25a91a7acc6293828957a386a8a93
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+P a71b101635ed28a4c99734dabb20bd65ef1018c1d63ac143b7321cdb0fafa5d7
+R f789e4a5b00a14bd183ffb1db488fa1d
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+Z 95fb510f742b1570e7d262774a3b689f
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index dbfdf2d5da..f6f159f71e 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-a71b101635ed28a4c99734dabb20bd65ef1018c1d63ac143b7321cdb0fafa5d7
\ No newline at end of file
+885f0f8252aae776a86c64bcc7da582f0ed58f2caae8ebff810a83ca339da820
\ No newline at end of file