diff --git a/.github/workflows/apm-materialize.yml b/.github/workflows/apm-materialize.yml
index 61b863a..63bdd8a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/apm-materialize.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/apm-materialize.yml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.precheck.outputs.skip != 'true'
         env:
           # renovate: datasource=pypi depName=apm-cli
-          apm_cli_version: "0.25.0"
+          apm_cli_version: "0.26.0"
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           # ubuntu-24.04 ships python3 + pip; install the pinned apm-cli for this user.