diff --git a/roles/alertmanager/defaults/main.yml b/roles/alertmanager/defaults/main.yml
index 0533d7a56..22683c284 100644
--- a/roles/alertmanager/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/alertmanager/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-alertmanager_version: 0.25.0
+alertmanager_version: 0.26.0
 alertmanager_binary_local_dir: ''
 alertmanager_binary_url: "https://github.com/{{ _alertmanager_repo }}/releases/download/v{{ alertmanager_version }}/\
                           alertmanager-{{ alertmanager_version }}.linux-{{ go_arch }}.tar.gz"
diff --git a/roles/alertmanager/meta/argument_specs.yml b/roles/alertmanager/meta/argument_specs.yml
index e43f38ef4..c9e7d10e0 100644
--- a/roles/alertmanager/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/roles/alertmanager/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ argument_specs:
     options:
       alertmanager_version:
         description: "Alertmanager package version. Also accepts `latest` as parameter."
-        default: 0.25.0
+        default: 0.26.0
       alertmanager_skip_install:
         description: "Alertmanager installation tasks gets skipped when set to true."
         type: bool