diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd.yml b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
index 7bbf00a285..958bcdf1db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Build
       if: matrix.os != 'ubuntu-22.04'
+      env:
+        GITUI_RELEASE: 1
       run: cargo build
     - name: Run tests
       if: matrix.os != 'ubuntu-22.04'
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 990ade6996..f8a2e3e7c9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-## [0.26.0] - 2024-04-14
+## [0.26.0+1] - 2024-04-14
 
-** commit signing **
+**commit signing**
 
 ![signing](assets/gitui-signing.png)
 
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixes
 * add syntax highlighting support for more file types, e.g. Typescript, TOML, etc. [[@martihomssoler](https://github.com/martihomssoler)] ([#2005](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/2005))
+* windows release deployment was broken (released as `0.26.1` for windows only) [218d739](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/commit/218d739b035a034b7bf547629d24787909f467bf)
 
 ## [0.25.2] - 2024-03-22
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index dd43c44084..44b6c97500 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gitui"
-version = "0.26.0"
+version = "0.26.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "asyncgit",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f580efdace..eefdef5931 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "gitui"
-version = "0.26.0"
+version = "0.26.1"
 authors = ["extrawurst <mail@rusticorn.com>"]
 description = "blazing fast terminal-ui for git"
 edition = "2021"