diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9a347c97b..7c6479558 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 <!-- usage documentation: http://expeditor-docs.es.chef.io/configuration/changelog/ -->
 
-<!-- latest_release 8.2.5 -->
-## [8.2.5](https://github.com/chef/omnibus/tree/8.2.5) (2021-11-10)
+<!-- latest_release 8.2.6 -->
+## [8.2.6](https://github.com/chef/omnibus/tree/8.2.6) (2021-11-10)
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
-- Make the omnibus config sugarable [#1045](https://github.com/chef/omnibus/pull/1045) ([lamont-granquist](https://github.com/lamont-granquist))
+- Allow ohai versions &gt; 17 to be used [#1040](https://github.com/chef/omnibus/pull/1040) ([balasankarc](https://github.com/balasankarc))
 <!-- latest_release -->
 <!-- release_rollup since=8.2.2 -->
 ### Changes not yet released to rubygems.org
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
+- Allow ohai versions &gt; 17 to be used [#1040](https://github.com/chef/omnibus/pull/1040) ([balasankarc](https://github.com/balasankarc)) <!-- 8.2.6 -->
 - Make the omnibus config sugarable [#1045](https://github.com/chef/omnibus/pull/1045) ([lamont-granquist](https://github.com/lamont-granquist)) <!-- 8.2.5 -->
 - Revert &quot;Fix mac_x-10 failure for chef-workstation&quot; [#1042](https://github.com/chef/omnibus/pull/1042) ([jeremiahsnapp](https://github.com/jeremiahsnapp)) <!-- 8.2.4 -->
 - Whitelist libbrotlidec for curl builds on macOS [#1041](https://github.com/chef/omnibus/pull/1041) ([skeshari12](https://github.com/skeshari12)) <!-- 8.2.3 -->
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 971f1f438..bcd9546b7 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.2.5
\ No newline at end of file
+8.2.6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/omnibus/version.rb b/lib/omnibus/version.rb
index 90a10b6ae..e9754fe1d 100644
--- a/lib/omnibus/version.rb
+++ b/lib/omnibus/version.rb
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
 #
 
 module Omnibus
-  VERSION = "8.2.5".freeze
+  VERSION = "8.2.6".freeze
 end