diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9d25b33..cccf810 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 Changelog
 ===
+Version 26.1.0
+---
+* `@NotNullByDefault` is not experimental anymore.
+
+Version 26.0.2-1
+---
+* A technical release using the new Sonatype publication mechanism, see https://central.sonatype.org/publish/publish-portal-guide/ 
 
 Version 26.0.2
 ---
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 63c649c..a95d01b 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ### How to contribute
-If you are not a JetBrains' employee you must sign [Contributor License Agreement](https://www.jetbrains.org/display/IJOS/Contributor+Agreement) first. 
+If you are not a JetBrains' employee you must sign [Contributor License Agreement](https://www.jetbrains.com/legal/docs/agreements/cla/) first. 
 You may do it [electronically](https://www.jetbrains.com/agreements/cla/). After that send your changes as a pull request or commit them directly to a branch.
 
 ### Versioning
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ the corresponding element is marked as deprecated and then remove it in one of t
 ### Retention policy
 No annotation in this package should have `RUNTIME` retention policy. Only `SOURCE` and `CLASS` policy is accepted. 
 The `CLASS` policy is preferred. The `SOURCE` policy could be used in rare cases when compilation could not preserve all 
-the necessary information (e.g. `@MagicConstant` annotation).
\ No newline at end of file
+the necessary information (e.g. `@MagicConstant` annotation).
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bb5eb45..0b67095 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ using gradle write the following in the
 `build.gradle` file (Groovy DSL)
 ```
 dependencies {
-    compileOnly 'org.jetbrains:annotations:26.0.2'
+    compileOnly 'org.jetbrains:annotations:26.1.0'
 }
 
 ```
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ dependencies {
 or in the `build.gradle.kts` file (Kotlin DSL)
 ```
 dependencies {
-    compileOnly("org.jetbrains:annotations:26.0.2")
+    compileOnly("org.jetbrains:annotations:26.1.0")
 }
 
 ```
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ To add a dependency using Maven, write the following in `pom.xml`:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.jetbrains</groupId>
   <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
-  <version>26.0.2</version>
+  <version>26.1.0</version>
   <scope>provided</scope>
 </dependency>
 ```
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 6de1f34..eb2fb28 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-projectVersion=26.0.2-1
+projectVersion=26.1.0
 kotlin.code.style=official
 kotlin.mpp.stability.nowarn=true
 kotlin.stdlib.default.dependency=false
diff --git a/src/jvmMain/java/org/jetbrains/annotations/NotNullByDefault.java b/src/jvmMain/java/org/jetbrains/annotations/NotNullByDefault.java
index d32b2b7..95f6f42 100644
--- a/src/jvmMain/java/org/jetbrains/annotations/NotNullByDefault.java
+++ b/src/jvmMain/java/org/jetbrains/annotations/NotNullByDefault.java
@@ -44,6 +44,5 @@
 @Documented
 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.CLASS)
 @Target({ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.PACKAGE})
-@ApiStatus.Experimental
 public @interface NotNullByDefault {
 }