diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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+## 1.26.0.0
+
+* Change the meaning of WER (WER is calculated for the whole set now
+  - similar to the way BLEU is calculated)
+* Use `Mean/WER` if you want the old meaning (average of per-item results)
+
 ## 1.25.0.0
 
 * Add --oracle-item-based
diff --git a/geval.cabal b/geval.cabal
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 name:                geval
-version:             1.25.0.0
+version:             1.26.0.0
 synopsis:            Machine learning evaluation tools
 description:         Please see README.md
 homepage:            http://github.com/name/project