diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index e43581455e..8542f56fb8 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 # To create a release, dispatch the https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/actions/workflows/release.yml workflow on master
 -->
 
+### 2025.03.26
+
+#### Extractor changes
+- **youtube**
+    - [Fix signature and nsig extraction for player `4fcd6e4a`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/a550dfc904a02843a26369ae50dbb7c0febfb30e) ([#12748](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12748)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+    - [Only cache nsig code on successful decoding](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/ecee97b4fa90d51c48f9154c3a6d5a8ffe46cd5c) ([#12750](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12750)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+
 ### 2025.03.25
 
 #### Core changes
diff --git a/yt_dlp/version.py b/yt_dlp/version.py
index a10719f5a1..50c6ed314d 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/version.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/version.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Autogenerated by devscripts/update-version.py
 
-__version__ = '2025.03.25'
+__version__ = '2025.03.26'
 
-RELEASE_GIT_HEAD = '9dde546e7ee3e1515d88ee3af08b099351455dc0'
+RELEASE_GIT_HEAD = 'ecee97b4fa90d51c48f9154c3a6d5a8ffe46cd5c'
 
 VARIANT = None
 
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ CHANNEL = 'stable'
 
 ORIGIN = 'yt-dlp/yt-dlp'
 
-_pkg_version = '2025.03.25'
+_pkg_version = '2025.03.26'