diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54bf79f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+node_modules/
+test/
+tests/
+.git**
+.vscode/
+RELEASES.md
+sample/
+tools/
+tasks/
+scripts/
+.nuget/
+packages/
+packages.config
+.ntvs_analysis.*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5711bf5..c88e6f2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 The ADAL for node.js library makes it easy for node.js applications to authenticate to AAD in order to access AAD protected web resources.  It supports 3 authentication modes shown in the quickstart code below.
 
 ## Versions
-Current version - 0.1.25  
+Current version - 0.1.26  
 Minimum recommended version - 0.1.22  
 You can find the changes for each version in the [change log](https://github.com/AzureAD/azure-activedirectory-library-for-nodejs/blob/master/changelog.txt).
 
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index abe5c70..0e0864a 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Version 0.1.26
+--------------
+Release Date: 05 December 2017
+* Added .npmignore to avoid publishing unnecessary files
+
 Version 0.1.25
 --------------
 Release Date: 06 November 2017
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 99f59db..a525c99 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "adal-node",
-  "version": "0.1.25",
+  "version": "0.1.26",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cef11d6..c7d9e07 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/AzureAD/azure-activedirectory-library-for-nodejs.git"
   },
-  "version": "0.1.25",
+  "version": "0.1.26",
   "description": "Windows Azure Active Directory Client Library for node",
   "keywords": [
     "node",