diff --git a/build.ps1 b/build.ps1
index a30ce006ca..4025ff988a 100644
--- a/build.ps1
+++ b/build.ps1
@@ -31,12 +31,15 @@ Param(
     [string[]]$ScriptArgs
 )
 
-$CakeVersion = "0.25.0"
+$CakeVersion = "0.26.0"
 $DotNetChannel = "Current";
 $DotNetVersion = "2.1.4";
 $DotNetInstallerUri = "https://dot.net/v1/dotnet-install.ps1";
 $NugetUrl = "https://dist.nuget.org/win-x86-commandline/latest/nuget.exe"
 
+# Temporarily skip verification of addins.
+$ENV:CAKE_SETTINGS_SKIPVERIFICATION='true'
+
 # Make sure tools folder exists
 $PSScriptRoot = Split-Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path -Parent
 $ToolPath = Join-Path $PSScriptRoot "tools"
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index a2bd590d59..d19328dfab 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -10,9 +10,12 @@ SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )
 TOOLS_DIR=$SCRIPT_DIR/tools
 NUGET_EXE=$TOOLS_DIR/nuget.exe
 NUGET_URL=https://dist.nuget.org/win-x86-commandline/latest/nuget.exe
-CAKE_VERSION=0.25.0
+CAKE_VERSION=0.26.0
 CAKE_EXE=$TOOLS_DIR/Cake.$CAKE_VERSION/Cake.exe
 
+# Temporarily skip verification of addins.
+export CAKE_SETTINGS_SKIPVERIFICATION='true'
+
 # Define default arguments.
 TARGET="Travis"
 CONFIGURATION="Release"