diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 59554442ca..587f70532f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,29 @@ Additionally we have an `Internal` section for changes that are of interest to d
 
 Dates in this file are formattes as `YYYY-MM-DD`.
 
+## [`0.26.0`] - 2023-02-11
+
+### Added
+
+- `wasmi` CLI: Add WASI support. (https://github.com/paritytech/wasmi/pull/597)
+  - Big shoutout to [Onigbinde Oluwamuyiwa Elijah](https://github.com/OLUWAMUYIWA) for contributing this to `wasmi`!
+- Add built-in support for fuel metering. (https://github.com/paritytech/wasmi/pull/653)
+  - This allows to control the runtime of Wasm executions in a deterministic fasion
+    effectively avoiding the halting problem by charging for executed instructions.
+    Not using the feature will not affect the execution efficiency of `wasmi` for users.
+- Add `Pages::checked_sub` method. (https://github.com/paritytech/wasmi/pull/660)
+- Add `Func::new` constructor. (https://github.com/paritytech/wasmi/pull/662)
+  - This allows to create `Func` instances from closures without statically known types.
+
+### Changed
+
+- Update to `wasmparser-nostd` version `0.100.1`. (https://github.com/paritytech/wasmi/pull/666)
+
+### Internal
+
+- Clean up and reorganization of the `wasmi_cli` crate. (https://github.com/paritytech/wasmi/pull/655)
+- Refactoring of internal host call API. (https://github.com/paritytech/wasmi/pull/664)
+
 ## [`0.25.0`] - 2023-02-04
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 71ea7aaef9..d5a36cda4f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,14 +36,13 @@ such as Wasmtime it is also a decent option for initial prototyping.
 
 The following list states some of the distinct features of `wasmi`.
 
-- Primarily concerned about
-    - correct and deterministic WebAssembly execution.
-    - WebAssembly specification compliance.
-- Can itself be compiled to and executed via WebAssembly.
+- Focus on simple, correct and deterministic WebAssembly execution.
+- Can itself run inside of WebAssembly.
 - Low-overhead and cross-platform WebAssembly runtime.
-- Loosely mirrors the [Wasmtime API](https://docs.rs/wasmtime/)
-  to act as a drop-in solution.
-- Supports resumable function calls.
+- Loosely mirrors the [Wasmtime API](https://docs.rs/wasmtime/).
+- Resumable function calls.
+- Built-in support for fuel metering.
+- 100% official WebAssembly spec testsuite compliance.
 
 ## WebAssembly Proposals
 
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ The new `wasmi` engine supports a variety of WebAssembly proposals and will supp
 | [`tail-calls`] | ⌛ | Support is planned. [(#363)] |
 | [`extended-const`] | ⌛ | Support is planned. [(#638)] |
 | | |
-| [WASI] | 🟡 | Experimental support via the [`wasmi_wasi` crate]. |
+| [WASI] | 🟡 | Experimental support via the [`wasmi_wasi` crate] or the `wasmi` CLI application. |
 
 [`mutable-global`]: https://github.com/WebAssembly/mutable-global
 [`saturating-float-to-int`]: https://github.com/WebAssembly/nontrapping-float-to-int-conversions
@@ -95,7 +94,6 @@ Then run arbitrary `wasm32-unknown-unknown` Wasm blobs via:
 ```console
 wasmi_cli <WASM_FILE> <FUNC_NAME> [<FUNC_ARGS>]*
 ```
-**Note:** As of version `v0.23.1` the `wasmi_cli` application does not yet support WASI out of the box.
 
 ### As Rust Library
 
diff --git a/crates/cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
index 0c2971b233..8ada4517da 100644
--- a/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "wasmi_cli"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/wasmi/"
 description = "WebAssembly interpreter"
 publish = true
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ categories.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
-wasmi = { path = "../wasmi", version = "0.25.0" }
+wasmi = { path = "../wasmi", version = "0.26.0" }
 wat = "1"
 anyhow = "1"
 wasmi_wasi = { path = "../wasi" }
diff --git a/crates/core/Cargo.toml b/crates/core/Cargo.toml
index 4c5037b33c..c93ce632a4 100644
--- a/crates/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "wasmi_core"
-version = "0.10.0"
+version = "0.11.0"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/wasmi_core"
 description = "Core primitives for the wasmi WebAssembly interpreter"
 authors.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/wasi/Cargo.toml b/crates/wasi/Cargo.toml
index 626a28e806..ff9ab0761b 100644
--- a/crates/wasi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/wasi/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 wasi-common = "2.0"
 wasi-cap-std-sync = "2.0"
 wiggle = { version = "2.0", default-features = false, features = ["wiggle_metadata"] }
-wasmi = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../wasmi" }
+wasmi = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../wasmi" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 wat = "1.0.50"
diff --git a/crates/wasmi/Cargo.toml b/crates/wasmi/Cargo.toml
index 9fac04d0ad..9f97151afd 100644
--- a/crates/wasmi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/wasmi/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "wasmi"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/wasmi/"
 description = "WebAssembly interpreter"
 exclude = ["tests/*", "benches/*"]
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ categories.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 wasmparser = { version = "0.100.1", package = "wasmparser-nostd", default-features = false }
-wasmi_core = { version = "0.10", path = "../core", default-features = false }
+wasmi_core = { version = "0.11", path = "../core", default-features = false }
 wasmi_arena = { version = "0.4", path = "../arena", default-features = false }
 spin = { version = "0.9", default-features = false, features = [
     "mutex",