diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index e660c44bf2a6..a15d4194e3a4 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   "google-analytics-data-v1beta+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-apps-chat": "1.3.0",
   "google-apps-chat+FILLER": "0.0.0",
-  "google-apps-chat-v1": "0.25.0",
+  "google-apps-chat-v1": "0.26.0",
   "google-apps-chat-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-apps-events-subscriptions": "1.3.0",
   "google-apps-events-subscriptions+FILLER": "0.0.0",
diff --git a/google-apps-chat-v1/CHANGELOG.md b/google-apps-chat-v1/CHANGELOG.md
index 158f1e757a37..dff77a0f68df 100644
--- a/google-apps-chat-v1/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/google-apps-chat-v1/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### 0.26.0 (2026-07-13)
+
+#### Features
+
+* Add access permission settings to Space resource for configuring space discovery and join permissions ([#34741](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/34741)) 
+
 ### 0.25.0 (2026-07-09)
 
 #### Features
diff --git a/google-apps-chat-v1/lib/google/apps/chat/v1/version.rb b/google-apps-chat-v1/lib/google/apps/chat/v1/version.rb
index 1642a30883e5..e6b9eb4b79f8 100644
--- a/google-apps-chat-v1/lib/google/apps/chat/v1/version.rb
+++ b/google-apps-chat-v1/lib/google/apps/chat/v1/version.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module Google
   module Apps
     module Chat
       module V1
-        VERSION = "0.25.0"
+        VERSION = "0.26.0"
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/google-apps-chat-v1/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.chat.v1.json b/google-apps-chat-v1/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.chat.v1.json
index c1dbb6cf3c1f..4e1f082c50a9 100644
--- a/google-apps-chat-v1/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.chat.v1.json
+++ b/google-apps-chat-v1/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.chat.v1.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "client_library": {
     "name": "google-apps-chat-v1",
-    "version": "0.25.0",
+    "version": "0.26.0",
     "language": "RUBY",
     "apis": [
       {