diff --git a/deployment/terraform/database_anonymizer_sheduled_task/docker/database_anonymizer.py b/deployment/terraform/database_anonymizer_sheduled_task/docker/database_anonymizer.py
index 623dca44c..6a7e9a99a 100755
--- a/deployment/terraform/database_anonymizer_sheduled_task/docker/database_anonymizer.py
+++ b/deployment/terraform/database_anonymizer_sheduled_task/docker/database_anonymizer.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from botocore.exceptions import ClientError
 import pg8000.native
 import os
+import time
 
 try:
     db_instance_identifier = os.environ['SOURCE_DATABASE_IDENTIFIER']
@@ -112,14 +113,19 @@
     SourceRegion=aws_region
 )
 
-waiters = source.get_waiter('db_snapshot_completed')
-waiters.wait(
-    DBSnapshotIdentifier=shared_snapshot_identifier,
-    WaiterConfig={
-        'Delay': 15,
-        'MaxAttempts': 100
-    }
-)
+attempt = 0
+while attempt < 300:
+    response = source.describe_db_snapshots(DBSnapshotIdentifier=shared_snapshot_identifier)
+    snapshot_status = response['DBSnapshots'][0]['Status']
+
+    if snapshot_status == 'available':
+        print(f"Snapshot {shared_snapshot_identifier} is now available.")
+        break
+    else:
+        print(f"Snapshot {shared_snapshot_identifier} status: {snapshot_status}. Waiting...")
+
+    time.sleep(60)
+    attempt += 1
 
 print("Share snapshot " + shared_snapshot_identifier + " with " + destination_aws_account + " AWS account")
 source.modify_db_snapshot_attribute(
diff --git a/doc/release/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/doc/release/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index 3f4097884..853b9189a 100644
--- a/doc/release/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/doc/release/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -3,6 +3,33 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html). The format is based on the `RELEASE-NOTES-TEMPLATE.md` file.
 
+## Release 1.26.0
+
+## Introduction
+* Product name: Open Supply Hub
+* Release date: December 14, 2024
+
+### Database changes
+#### Migrations:
+* *Describe migrations here.*
+
+#### Scheme changes
+* *Describe scheme changes here.*
+
+### Code/API changes
+* *Describe code/API changes here.*
+
+### Architecture/Environment changes
+* *Describe architecture/environment changes here.*
+
+### Bugfix
+* [OSDEV-1388](https://opensupplyhub.atlassian.net/browse/OSDEV-1388) - The waiter from boto3 cannot wait more than half an hour so we replaced it with our own.
+
+### What's new
+* *Describe what's new here. The changes that can impact user experience should be listed in this section.*
+
+### Release instructions:
+* *Provide release instructions here.*
 
 ## Release 1.25.0