diff --git a/packaging/debian/buildppa.sh b/packaging/debian/buildppa.sh
index 00f8f2e9..479ea801 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/buildppa.sh
+++ b/packaging/debian/buildppa.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 PPA_KEYID=D38B9201
 
-RCLVERS=1.26.0~pre2
+RCLVERS=1.26.0~pre3
 SCOPEVERS=1.20.2.4
 GSSPVERS=1.0.0
 PPAVERS=1
diff --git a/packaging/debian/debian/changelog b/packaging/debian/debian/changelog
index b166f7ba..3d382f22 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/debian/changelog
+++ b/packaging/debian/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+recoll (1.26.0~pre2-1~ppaPPAVERS~SERIES1) SERIES; urgency=low
+
+  * Experiment: ignore all ASCII whitespace when generating CJK ngrams.
+
+ -- Jean-Francois Dockes <jf@dockes.org>  Wed, 03 Jul 2019 14:00:00 +0200
+
 recoll (1.26.0~pre2-1~ppaPPAVERS~SERIES1) SERIES; urgency=low
 
   * Bumped version to 1.26 because the changes are too extensive for a
diff --git a/src/VERSION b/src/VERSION
index 479b5156..e6f74e5c 100644
--- a/src/VERSION
+++ b/src/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.26.0~pre2
+1.26.0~pre3