diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a157a41a..fdc9eca6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ TWOLITER_DIR := $(TOOLS_DIR)/twoliter
 TWOLITER := $(TWOLITER_DIR)/twoliter
 CARGO_HOME := $(TOP).cargo
 KERNEL_CONFIG_SCRIPT := $(TOOLS_DIR)/latest-kernel-full-config.sh
-TWOLITER_VERSION ?= "0.25.1"
-TWOLITER_SHA256_AARCH64 ?= "5e7008cd94aefb2f6a394c6cc5d421d85202f23d2c0e0f8393aa86ee4cc734b7"
-TWOLITER_SHA256_X86_64 ?= "e7b53a1f4dc1b2c2ab4048f96b597c88c3c78b89e38ce1773e16bdd6088dd612"
+TWOLITER_VERSION ?= "0.26.0-rc1"
+TWOLITER_SHA256_AARCH64 ?= "856fb6763eeefb36edc75667142aeb737aa1116bedc10cd3327093eecbf07669"
+TWOLITER_SHA256_X86_64 ?= "5a7ecb52a8ea107e76a1ff9ef7f3f003b32a2d9fa91eaa4d761ae0a3a8dbffae"
 KIT ?= bottlerocket-kernel-kit
 UNAME_ARCH = $(shell uname -m)
 ARCH ?= $(UNAME_ARCH)