diff --git a/.github/workflows/actions.yml b/.github/workflows/actions.yml
index 0fcbbef0..ac28f0ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actions.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ defaults:
 env:
   buildType: RelWithDebInfo
   tempdir: ${{ github.workspace }}/build
-  libddwafVersion: 1.25.1
+  libddwafVersion: 1.26.0
 jobs:
   Spotless:
     name: spotless
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 561cc9ad..f9cfb15b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ You can run tests with ASAN with the `withASAN` property:
 To deploy the current bindings to your local Maven repository, use the following command:
 
 ```sh
-./gradlew publishToMavenLocal
+./gradlew publishToMavenLocal -PforceLocal
 ```
 
 This will publish the artifact with the `-SNAPSHOT` suffix, allowing for convenient local testing.
diff --git a/libddwaf b/libddwaf
index e8fb3cf8..75c1e925 160000
--- a/libddwaf
+++ b/libddwaf
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e8fb3cf8cb03e8f3679c207d0afb5f93e546aaec
+Subproject commit 75c1e925a3137d4a96bcc982f5b7d4c2291a876b
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/datadog/ddwaf/Waf.java b/src/main/java/com/datadog/ddwaf/Waf.java
index b500d44b..7ad3bbdb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/datadog/ddwaf/Waf.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/datadog/ddwaf/Waf.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 public final class Waf {
-  public static final String LIB_VERSION = "1.25.1";
+  public static final String LIB_VERSION = "1.26.0";
 
   private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Waf.class);
   static final boolean EXIT_ON_LEAK;