diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -9,14 +9,11 @@
 Internal/api/developer-ish changes in the hledger-lib (and hledger) packages.
 For user-visible changes, see the hledger package changelog.
 
-# 1.26 2022-06-04
-- ;doc: update manuals
-
-- ;cabal: update cabal files
+# 1.26.1 2022-07-11
 
-- ;pkg: bump version to 1.26
+- require safe 0.3.19+ to avoid deprecation warning
 
-- ;doc: update changelogs
+# 1.26 2022-06-04
 
 Breaking changes
 
diff --git a/hledger-lib.cabal b/hledger-lib.cabal
--- a/hledger-lib.cabal
+++ b/hledger-lib.cabal
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:           hledger-lib
-version:        1.26
+version:        1.26.1
 synopsis:       A reusable library providing the core functionality of hledger
 description:    A reusable library containing hledger's core functionality.
                 This is used by most hledger* packages so that they support the same
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
     , parser-combinators >=0.4.0
     , pretty-simple >4 && <5
     , regex-tdfa
-    , safe >=0.3.18
+    , safe >=0.3.19
     , tabular >=0.2
     , tasty >=1.2.3
     , tasty-hunit >=0.10.0.2
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
     , parser-combinators >=0.4.0
     , pretty-simple >4 && <5
     , regex-tdfa
-    , safe >=0.3.18
+    , safe >=0.3.19
     , tabular >=0.2
     , tasty >=1.2.3
     , tasty-hunit >=0.10.0.2
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
     , parser-combinators >=0.4.0
     , pretty-simple >4 && <5
     , regex-tdfa
-    , safe >=0.3.18
+    , safe >=0.3.19
     , tabular >=0.2
     , tasty >=1.2.3
     , tasty-hunit >=0.10.0.2