diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 1f709e6..fd96ecb 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
         "systems": "systems"
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1705309234,
-        "narHash": "sha256-uNRRNRKmJyCRC/8y1RqBkqWBLM034y4qN7EprSdmgyA=",
+        "lastModified": 1731533236,
+        "narHash": "sha256-l0KFg5HjrsfsO/JpG+r7fRrqm12kzFHyUHqHCVpMMbI=",
         "owner": "numtide",
         "repo": "flake-utils",
-        "rev": "1ef2e671c3b0c19053962c07dbda38332dcebf26",
+        "rev": "11707dc2f618dd54ca8739b309ec4fc024de578b",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1706925685,
-        "narHash": "sha256-hVInjWMmgH4yZgA4ZtbgJM1qEAel72SYhP5nOWX4UIM=",
+        "lastModified": 1740396192,
+        "narHash": "sha256-ATMHHrg3sG1KgpQA5x8I+zcYpp5Sf17FaFj/fN+8OoQ=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "79a13f1437e149dc7be2d1290c74d378dad60814",
+        "rev": "d9b69c3ec2a2e2e971c534065bdd53374bd68b97",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 467b8bb..6dcbfcd 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
               nixpkgs-fmt
               patchutils
               python311Packages.tox
+              reno
             ];
           };
         }
diff --git a/images/magnum/Dockerfile b/images/magnum/Dockerfile
index b6abbe4..f9b86e0 100644
--- a/images/magnum/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/magnum/Dockerfile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 uv pip install \
     --constraint /upper-constraints.txt \
         /src/magnum \
-        magnum-cluster-api==0.26.0
+        magnum-cluster-api==0.26.2
 EOF
 
 FROM openstack-python-runtime
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/bump-mcapi-bde5d8909e7f6268.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/bump-mcapi-bde5d8909e7f6268.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..931d671
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/bump-mcapi-bde5d8909e7f6268.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - The Cluster API driver for Magnum has been bumped to 0.26.2 to address
+    bugs around cluster deletion.