diff --git a/src/bootstrap/channel.rs b/src/bootstrap/channel.rs
index e412dd9e3e67..72841cb0616c 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/channel.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/channel.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use Build;
 use config::Config;
 
 // The version number
-pub const CFG_RELEASE_NUM: &str = "1.25.0";
+pub const CFG_RELEASE_NUM: &str = "1.26.0";
 
 pub struct GitInfo {
     inner: Option<Info>,
diff --git a/src/stage0.txt b/src/stage0.txt
index 38a8ef2acd26..b9578386ce5b 100644
--- a/src/stage0.txt
+++ b/src/stage0.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # source tarball for a stable release you'll likely see `1.x.0` for rustc and
 # `0.x.0` for Cargo where they were released on `date`.
 
-date: 2018-01-02
+date: 2018-02-20
 rustc: beta
 cargo: beta