diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 751683d..4ea272b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ m4_define([libnl_lt_revision],	 [0])
 m4_define([libnl_lt_age],        [21])
 
 m4_define([libnl_version],
-	  [libnl_major_version.libnl_minor_version.libnl_micro_version-rc1])
+	  [libnl_major_version.libnl_minor_version.libnl_micro_version])
 
 AC_INIT(libnl, [libnl_version], [], [], [http://www.infradead.org/~tgr/libnl/])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([lib/defs.h])
diff --git a/doc/configure.ac b/doc/configure.ac
index d2a60f2..d243061 100644
--- a/doc/configure.ac
+++ b/doc/configure.ac
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2003-2013 Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
 #
 
-AC_INIT(libnl-doc, [3.2.26-rc1], [http://www.infradead.org/~tgr/libnl/])
+AC_INIT(libnl-doc, [3.2.26], [http://www.infradead.org/~tgr/libnl/])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
diff --git a/include/netlink/utils.h b/include/netlink/utils.h
index c609c6c..ac448c5 100644
--- a/include/netlink/utils.h
+++ b/include/netlink/utils.h
@@ -126,9 +126,15 @@ enum {
 	 * address timestamps and expiry when comparing struct rtnl_addr objects with
 	 * nl_object_diff().
 	 */
-	NL_CAPABILITY_ROUTE_ADDR_COMPARE_CACHEINFO   = 6,
+	NL_CAPABILITY_ROUTE_ADDR_COMPARE_CACHEINFO = 6,
 #define NL_CAPABILITY_ROUTE_ADDR_COMPARE_CACHEINFO NL_CAPABILITY_ROUTE_ADDR_COMPARE_CACHEINFO
 
+	/**
+	 * The library version is libnl3 3.2.26 or newer. This capability should never be backported.
+	 */
+	NL_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3_2_26 = 7,
+#define NL_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3_2_26 NL_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3_2_26
+
 	__NL_CAPABILITY_MAX,
 	NL_CAPABILITY_MAX = (__NL_CAPABILITY_MAX - 1),
 #define NL_CAPABILITY_MAX NL_CAPABILITY_MAX
diff --git a/lib/utils.c b/lib/utils.c
index 22f5f42..68ea762 100644
--- a/lib/utils.c
+++ b/lib/utils.c
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ int nl_has_capability (int capability)
 			NL_CAPABILITY_NL_CONNECT_RETRY_GENERATE_PORT_ON_ADDRINUSE,
 			NL_CAPABILITY_ROUTE_LINK_GET_KERNEL_FAIL_OPNOTSUPP,
 			NL_CAPABILITY_ROUTE_ADDR_COMPARE_CACHEINFO,
-			0,
+			NL_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3_2_26,
 			0),
 		/* IMPORTANT: these capability numbers are intended to be universal and stable
 		 * for libnl3. Don't allocate new numbers on your own that differ from upstream