diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b1adaa8cf..f7286e9bf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,22 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-bigquery/#history
 
+### [1.26.1](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery/compare/v1.26.0...v1.26.1) (2020-07-25)
+
+### Documentation
+
+* Migrated code samples from
+  https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/python-docs-samples
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* RowIterator.to_arrow() error when BQ Storage client cannot be created ([#181](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery/issues/181)) ([7afa3d7](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery/commit/7afa3d70f8564dcdacda2b9acbbd7207b50b186e))
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* Updated version constraints on grmp dependency in anticipation of 1.0.0 release
+  ([#189](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery/pull/189))
+
 ## [1.26.0](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery/compare/v1.25.0...v1.26.0) (2020-07-20)
 
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0ac3a8598..61e836a73 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 name = "google-cloud-bigquery"
 description = "Google BigQuery API client library"
-version = "1.26.0"
+version = "1.26.1"
 # Should be one of:
 # 'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha'
 # 'Development Status :: 4 - Beta'