diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d35d682..f92f225 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ cd /etc/nix-darwin
 
 # To use Nixpkgs unstable:
 nix flake init -t nix-darwin/master
-# To use Nixpkgs 25.11:
-nix flake init -t nix-darwin/nix-darwin-25.11
+# To use Nixpkgs 26.05:
+nix flake init -t nix-darwin/nix-darwin-26.05
 
 sed -i '' "s/simple/$(scutil --get LocalHostName)/" flake.nix
 ```
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ Add the following to `flake.nix` in the same folder as `configuration.nix`:
   description = "John's darwin system";
 
   inputs = {
-    # Use `github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-25.11-darwin` to use Nixpkgs 25.11.
+    # Use `github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-26.05-darwin` to use Nixpkgs 26.05.
     nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";
-    # Use `github:nix-darwin/nix-darwin/nix-darwin-25.11` to use Nixpkgs 25.11.
+    # Use `github:nix-darwin/nix-darwin/nix-darwin-26.05` to use Nixpkgs 26.05.
     nix-darwin.url = "github:nix-darwin/nix-darwin/master";
     nix-darwin.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
   };
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ Unlike NixOS, `nix-darwin` does not have an installer, you can just run `darwin-
 ```bash
 # To use Nixpkgs unstable:
 sudo nix run nix-darwin/master#darwin-rebuild -- switch
-# To use Nixpkgs 25.11:
-sudo nix run nix-darwin/nix-darwin-25.11#darwin-rebuild -- switch
+# To use Nixpkgs 26.05:
+sudo nix run nix-darwin/nix-darwin-26.05#darwin-rebuild -- switch
 ```
 
 ### Step 3. Using `nix-darwin`
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ Copy the [simple](./modules/examples/simple.nix) example to `/etc/nix-darwin/con
 ```bash
 # If you use Nixpkgs unstable (the default):
 sudo nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-darwin/nix-darwin/archive/master.tar.gz darwin
-# If you use Nixpkgs 25.11:
-sudo nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-darwin/nix-darwin/archive/nix-darwin-25.11.tar.gz darwin
+# If you use Nixpkgs 26.05:
+sudo nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-darwin/nix-darwin/archive/nix-darwin-26.05.tar.gz darwin
 
 sudo nix-channel --update
 ```
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 926f9e8..1c785f9 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
   "nodes": {
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1765934234,
-        "narHash": "sha256-pJjWUzNnjbIAMIc5gRFUuKCDQ9S1cuh3b2hKgA7Mc4A=",
+        "lastModified": 1779593580,
+        "narHash": "sha256-le3WvQyzAQjBZnb7q2c8C5Fk2c9LgN/Oq+b0KiD4fM4=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "af84f9d270d404c17699522fab95bbf928a2d92f",
+        "rev": "d849bb215dcdf71bce3e686839ccdb4219e84b2f",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/modules/config/terminfo.nix b/modules/config/terminfo.nix
index 445f8fe..3e2c40a 100644
--- a/modules/config/terminfo.nix
+++ b/modules/config/terminfo.nix
@@ -42,16 +42,17 @@
         with pkgs.pkgsBuildBuild;
         [
           alacritty
+          alacritty-graphics
+          ghostty-bin
           kitty
           mtm
           rio
           rxvt-unicode-unwrapped
           rxvt-unicode-unwrapped-emoji
           st
-          termite
           tmux
           wezterm
-        ] ++ lib.optional (pkgs ? ghostty-bin) ghostty-bin
+        ]
       )
     );
 
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..beb9594
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+git checkout master
+git pull
+
+version=$(jq -r .release version.json)
+
+# branch off ${version}
+echo "Cutting nix-darwin-${version} release branch"
+
+git checkout -b "nix-darwin-${version}"
+
+sed -i -e "s!- master!- nix-darwin-${version}!" .github/workflows/test.yml
+sed -i -e "s!NIXPKGS_BRANCH: nixpkgs-unstable!NIXPKGS_BRANCH: nixpkgs-${version}-darwin!" .github/workflows/test.yml
+
+sed -i -e "s!nixpkgs-unstable!nixpkgs-${version}-darwin!" modules/examples/flake/flake.nix
+sed -i -e "s!github:nix-darwin/nix-darwin/master!github:nix-darwin/nix-darwin/nix-darwin-${version}!" modules/examples/flake/flake.nix
+
+sed -i -e "s!nixpkgs/unstable!nixpkgs/stable!g" modules/nix/nixpkgs.nix
+
+sed -i -e "s!nixpkgs-unstable!nixpkgs-${version}-darwin!" flake.nix
+nix flake lock
+
+cat <<EOF > README.md
+# nix-darwin
+
+This is the ${version} release branch of nix-darwin. See [the main readme](https://github.com/nix-darwin/nix-darwin#readme) for documentation
+EOF
+
+cat <<EOF > version.json
+{
+  "release": "${version}",
+  "isReleaseBranch": true
+}
+EOF
+
+git add .
+git commit -m "version: branch off ${version}"
+
+# update master
+echo "Updating master to point to next version"
+
+git checkout master
+
+## update version.json to point to the next version
+
+IFS='.' read -r major minor <<< "$version"
+
+if [[ "$minor" = "11" ]]; then
+    major=$(( major + 1 ))
+    minor="05"
+else
+    minor="11"
+fi
+
+cat <<EOF > version.json
+{
+  "release": "${major}.${minor}",
+  "isReleaseBranch": false
+}
+EOF
+
+## update readme so that instructions refer to the version we're cutting (our supported stable version)
+
+sed -i -e "s![0-9][0-9]\.[0-9][0-9]!${version}!g" README.md
+
+git add .
+git commit -m "version: bump to ${major}.${minor}"
+
+nix flake update
+
+git add .
+git commit -m "flake.lock: update"
diff --git a/tests/services-github-runners.nix b/tests/services-github-runners.nix
index 8bd08a6..c4b5b0e 100644
--- a/tests/services-github-runners.nix
+++ b/tests/services-github-runners.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     enable = true;
     url = "https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs";
     tokenFile = "/secret/path/to/a/github/token";
+    nodeRuntimes = [ "node24" ];
   };
 
   test = ''
diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
index ac3c32e..5c0d572 100644
--- a/version.json
+++ b/version.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "release": "26.05",
+  "release": "26.11",
   "isReleaseBranch": false
 }