stackabletech · NickLarsenNZ · Mar 16, 2026 · Mar 16, 2026
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [26.3.0-rc1] - 2026-03-16
+
 ### Added
 
 - Add support for OPA 1.12.3 ([#797], [#805]).

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
diff --git a/Cargo.nix b/Cargo.nix
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ members = ["rust/*"]
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.0.0-dev"
+version = "26.3.0-rc1"
 authors = ["Stackable GmbH <info@stackable.tech>"]
 license = "OSL-3.0"
 edition = "2021"

diff --git a/deploy/helm/opa-operator/Chart.yaml b/deploy/helm/opa-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
 apiVersion: v2
 name: opa-operator
-version: "0.0.0-dev"
-appVersion: "0.0.0-dev"
+version: "26.3.0-rc1"
+appVersion: "26.3.0-rc1"
 description: The Stackable Operator for OpenPolicyAgent
 home: https://github.com/stackabletech/opa-operator
 maintainers:

diff --git a/docs/antora.yml b/docs/antora.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ---
 name: home
-version: "nightly"
+version: "26.3"
+prerelease: false
diff --git a/docs/modules/opa/examples/getting_started/getting_started.sh b/docs/modules/opa/examples/getting_started/getting_started.sh
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ case "$1" in
 "helm")
 echo "Installing operators with Helm"
 # tag::helm-install-operators[]
-helm install --wait opa-operator oci://oci.stackable.tech/sdp-charts/opa-operator --version 0.0.0-dev
+helm install --wait opa-operator oci://oci.stackable.tech/sdp-charts/opa-operator --version 26.3.0-rc1
 # end::helm-install-operators[]
 ;;
 "stackablectl")
 echo "installing operators with stackablectl"
 # tag::stackablectl-install-operators[]
-stackablectl operator install opa=0.0.0-dev
+stackablectl operator install opa=26.3.0-rc1
 # end::stackablectl-install-operators[]
 ;;
 *)

diff --git a/docs/modules/opa/examples/getting_started/install_output.txt b/docs/modules/opa/examples/getting_started/install_output.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Installed opa=0.0.0-dev operator
+Installed opa=26.3.0-rc1 operator
diff --git a/docs/templating_vars.yaml b/docs/templating_vars.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ helm:
   repo_name: sdp-charts
   repo_url: oci.stackable.tech
 versions:
-  opa: 0.0.0-dev
+  opa: 26.3.0-rc1
diff --git a/extra/crds.yaml b/extra/crds.yaml
diff --git a/tests/release.yaml b/tests/release.yaml
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ releases:
     description: Integration test
     products:
       commons:
-        operatorVersion: 0.0.0-dev
+        operatorVersion: 26.3.0-rc1
       secret:
-        operatorVersion: 0.0.0-dev
+        operatorVersion: 26.3.0-rc1
       listener:
-        operatorVersion: 0.0.0-dev
+        operatorVersion: 26.3.0-rc1
       opa:
-        operatorVersion: 0.0.0-dev
+        operatorVersion: 26.3.0-rc1
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
		@@ -1 +1 @@
		Installed opa=0.0.0-dev operator
		Installed opa=26.3.0-rc1 operator