diff --git a/geowebcache/core/src/main/resources/geowebcache.xml b/geowebcache/core/src/main/resources/geowebcache.xml
index 60d5b5945..615c4a6f7 100644
--- a/geowebcache/core/src/main/resources/geowebcache.xml
+++ b/geowebcache/core/src/main/resources/geowebcache.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <gwcConfiguration xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xmlns="http://geowebcache.org/schema/1.25.0"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://geowebcache.org/schema/1.25.0 http://geowebcache.org/schema/1.25.0/geowebcache.xsd">
+  xmlns="http://geowebcache.org/schema/1.26.0"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://geowebcache.org/schema/1.26.0 http://geowebcache.org/schema/1.26.0/geowebcache.xsd">
   <version>1.8.0</version>
   <backendTimeout>120</backendTimeout>
   <serviceInformation>
diff --git a/geowebcache/core/src/main/resources/org/geowebcache/config/geowebcache.xsd b/geowebcache/core/src/main/resources/org/geowebcache/config/geowebcache.xsd
index c1823968e..e1e8ff775 100644
--- a/geowebcache/core/src/main/resources/org/geowebcache/config/geowebcache.xsd
+++ b/geowebcache/core/src/main/resources/org/geowebcache/config/geowebcache.xsd
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace"
-  targetNamespace="http://geowebcache.org/schema/1.25.0" xmlns:gwc="http://geowebcache.org/schema/1.25.0"
-  elementFormDefault="qualified" version="1.25.0">
+  targetNamespace="http://geowebcache.org/schema/1.26.0" xmlns:gwc="http://geowebcache.org/schema/1.26.0"
+  elementFormDefault="qualified" version="1.26.0">
 
   <xs:element name="gwcConfiguration">
     <xs:annotation>