diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b4c8e5fb7..5a3cb6bee 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-bigquery/#history
 
 
+## [2.26.0](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery/compare/v2.25.2...v2.26.0) (2021-09-01)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* set the X-Server-Timeout header when timeout is set ([#927](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery/issues/927)) ([ba02f24](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery/commit/ba02f248ba9c449c34859579a4011f4bfd2f4a93))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* guard imports against unsupported pyarrow versions ([#934](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery/issues/934)) ([b289076](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery/commit/b28907693bbe889becc1b9c8963f0a7e1ee6c35a))
+
 ### [2.25.2](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery/compare/v2.25.1...v2.25.2) (2021-08-31)
 
 
diff --git a/google/cloud/bigquery/version.py b/google/cloud/bigquery/version.py
index e8672849f..1f7d79ab9 100644
--- a/google/cloud/bigquery/version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/bigquery/version.py
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "2.25.2"
+__version__ = "2.26.0"