diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 82980da7..6753ae64 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.0.25"
+  ".": "2.0.26"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4edfe091..bde017f7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [2.0.26](https://github.com/soc221b/pinia-plugin-persistedstate-2/compare/2.0.25...v2.0.26) (2024-11-09)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* should use stateMutator to overwrite state ([#778](https://github.com/soc221b/pinia-plugin-persistedstate-2/issues/778)) ([04d0306](https://github.com/soc221b/pinia-plugin-persistedstate-2/commit/04d03067761bf6790c4c577b0deda6f49ff52456))
+
 ## [2.0.25](https://github.com/soc221b/pinia-plugin-persistedstate-2/compare/2.0.24...v2.0.25) (2024-11-04)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 0f78baa4..312b8fb7 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "pinia-plugin-persistedstate-2",
-  "version": "2.0.25",
+  "version": "2.0.26",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "pinia-plugin-persistedstate-2",
-      "version": "2.0.25",
+      "version": "2.0.26",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "shvl": "^3.0.0"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 603621ed..d4967af8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pinia-plugin-persistedstate-2",
-  "version": "2.0.25",
+  "version": "2.0.26",
   "sideEffects": false,
   "description": "Persist and rehydrate your Pinia state between page reloads",
   "type": "module",