From b4a2f47b3215b4ec0dfc4d2c01352f8e1adc9aaa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jacob Walls <jacobtylerwalls@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2025 09:12:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] [4.2.x] Post-release version bump.

---
 django/__init__.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/django/__init__.py b/django/__init__.py
index 36215faa31..270ac0b535 100644
--- a/django/__init__.py
+++ b/django/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from django.utils.version import get_version
 
-VERSION = (4, 2, 25, "final", 0)
+VERSION = (4, 2, 26, "alpha", 0)
 
 __version__ = get_version(VERSION)