diff --git a/exporter/otlp/CHANGELOG.md b/exporter/otlp/CHANGELOG.md
index 8b2d7c12e..69d6912e8 100644
--- a/exporter/otlp/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/exporter/otlp/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Release History: opentelemetry-exporter-otlp
 
+### v0.26.2 / 2024-01-23
+
+* FIXED: Align endpoint environment variable handling with spec
+* FIXED: Require csv for ruby-3.4 compatibility
+* FIXED: Add context to metrics reporting of buffer-full events
+
 ### v0.26.1 / 2023-07-29
 
 * FIXED: Regenerate v0.20.0 protos
diff --git a/exporter/otlp/lib/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/version.rb b/exporter/otlp/lib/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/version.rb
index de097997a..6a354ef15 100644
--- a/exporter/otlp/lib/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/version.rb
+++ b/exporter/otlp/lib/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/version.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module OpenTelemetry
   module Exporter
     module OTLP
       ## Current OpenTelemetry OTLP exporter version
-      VERSION = '0.26.1'
+      VERSION = '0.26.2'
     end
   end
 end