From dfcf490f466791158c8f61247190fc3d00d8710e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scottf <scottfauerbach@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:52:58 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Start 2.26.3

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 13 +++++++++++++
 README.md    | 18 +++++++++---------
 build.gradle |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 25bca4ced..9d290a30b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## 2.26.2
+
+### Core
+* Update the status before tearing the socket down in closeSocket #1609 @scottf
+
+### JetStream
+* Fix regression of PublishOptions getStreamTimeout #1611 @utamas @scottf
+
+### Miscellaneous
+* test user pass with special characters fixed to run on all platforms #1605 @scottf
+* Connection Listener Stale State Tests #1607 @scottf
+* Fix Test Flappers #1612 @scottf
+
 ## 2.26.1
 
 ### Core
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 504e599f0..78e04d9c3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 ### A [Java](http://java.com) client for the [NATS messaging system](https://nats.io).
 
-![2.26.1](https://img.shields.io/badge/Current_Release-2.26.1-27AAE0?style=for-the-badge)
-![2.26.2](https://img.shields.io/badge/Current_Snapshot-2.26.2--SNAPSHOT-27AAE0?style=for-the-badge)
+![2.26.2](https://img.shields.io/badge/Current_Release-2.26.2-27AAE0?style=for-the-badge)
+![2.26.3](https://img.shields.io/badge/Current_Snapshot-2.26.3--SNAPSHOT-27AAE0?style=for-the-badge)
 
 [![Build Main Badge](https://github.com/nats-io/nats.java/actions/workflows/build-main.yml/badge.svg?event=push)](https://github.com/nats-io/nats.java/actions/workflows/build-main.yml)
 [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/nats-io/nats.java/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://coveralls.io/github/nats-io/nats.java?branch=main)
@@ -325,9 +325,9 @@ See [Building From Source](#building-from-source) for details on building the li
 
 ### Downloading the Jar
 
-You can download the latest jar at [jnats-2.26.1.jar](https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=io/nats/jnats/2.26.1/jnats-2.26.1.jar).
+You can download the latest jar at [jnats-2.26.2.jar](https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=io/nats/jnats/2.26.2/jnats-2.26.2.jar).
 
-The examples are available at [jnats-2.26.1-examples.jar](https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=io/nats/jnats/2.26.1/jnats-2.26.1-examples.jar).
+The examples are available at [jnats-2.26.2-examples.jar](https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=io/nats/jnats/2.26.2/jnats-2.26.2-examples.jar).
 
 ### Using Gradle
 
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ The NATS client is available in the Maven central repository, and can be importe
 
 ```groovy
 dependencies {
-    implementation 'io.nats:jnats:2.26.1'
+    implementation 'io.nats:jnats:2.26.2'
 }
 ```
 
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-   implementation 'io.nats:jnats:2.26.2-SNAPSHOT'
+   implementation 'io.nats:jnats:2.26.3-SNAPSHOT'
 }
 ```
 
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ The NATS client is available on the Maven Central Repository and can be imported
 <dependency>
     <groupId>io.nats</groupId>
     <artifactId>jnats</artifactId>
-    <version>2.26.1</version>
+    <version>2.26.2</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ If you need a snapshot version, you must enable snapshots and change your depend
 <dependency>
     <groupId>io.nats</groupId>
     <artifactId>jnats</artifactId>
-    <version>2.26.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.26.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -1595,7 +1595,7 @@ and the example jar is in `build/libs`
 Once the Uber jar is built, you can run a class with a main using it's fully qualified class name. As an example:
 
 ```bash
-java -cp build/libs/java-nats-2.26.2-SNAPSHOT-uber.jar io.nats.examples.NatsSub
+java -cp build/libs/java-nats-2.26.3-SNAPSHOT-uber.jar io.nats.examples.NatsSub
 ```
 
 ## License
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 112a4c10d..3d2b0287d 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ plugins {
     id("signing")
 }
 
-def jarVersion = "2.26.2"
+def jarVersion = "2.26.3"
 group = 'io.nats'
 
 def isRelease = System.getenv("BUILD_EVENT") == "release"