diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/PR#4133-update-com-nvidia-cuvs-cuvs-java.yml b/changelog/unreleased/PR#4133-update-com-nvidia-cuvs-cuvs-java.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dcab3f922fde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/PR#4133-update-com-nvidia-cuvs-cuvs-java.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+title: Update com.nvidia.cuvs:cuvs-java to v26
+type: dependency_update
+authors:
+- name: solrbot
+links:
+- name: PR#4133
+  url: https://github.com/apache/solr/pull/4133
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 5d9010265e8d..2ffb986d2038 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ commons-codec = "1.19.0"
 commons-io = "2.20.0"
 compose = "1.8.2"
 cutterslade-analyze = "1.10.0"
-cuvs-java = "25.10.0"
+cuvs-java = "26.02.0"
 cuvs-lucene = "25.10.0"
 cybozulabs-langdetect = "1.1-20120112"
 decompose = "3.3.0"
diff --git a/solr/licenses/cuvs-java-25.10.0.jar.sha1 b/solr/licenses/cuvs-java-25.10.0.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index d2d01cc2ca75..000000000000
--- a/solr/licenses/cuvs-java-25.10.0.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-885ad074984741128c7cc723851e790711f91a6e
diff --git a/solr/licenses/cuvs-java-26.02.0.jar.sha1 b/solr/licenses/cuvs-java-26.02.0.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..af391e057694
--- /dev/null
+++ b/solr/licenses/cuvs-java-26.02.0.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+4bdb89153bbbe4eb86c94972a56c6fe4a4d1cfe6
diff --git a/solr/modules/cuvs/gradle.lockfile b/solr/modules/cuvs/gradle.lockfile
index 6a3f907187a6..9b48ee2114d9 100644
--- a/solr/modules/cuvs/gradle.lockfile
+++ b/solr/modules/cuvs/gradle.lockfile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ com.j256.simplemagic:simplemagic:1.17=jarValidation,runtimeClasspath,runtimeLibs
 com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path:2.9.0=jarValidation,runtimeClasspath,runtimeLibs,solrPlatformLibs,testRuntimeClasspath
 com.lmax:disruptor:3.4.4=solrPlatformLibs
 com.nvidia.cuvs.lucene:cuvs-lucene:25.10.0=compileClasspath,jarValidation,runtimeClasspath,runtimeLibs,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
-com.nvidia.cuvs:cuvs-java:25.10.0=compileClasspath,jarValidation,runtimeClasspath,runtimeLibs,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
+com.nvidia.cuvs:cuvs-java:26.02.0=compileClasspath,jarValidation,runtimeClasspath,runtimeLibs,testCompileClasspath,testRuntimeClasspath
 com.tdunning:t-digest:3.3=jarValidation,runtimeClasspath,runtimeLibs,solrPlatformLibs,testRuntimeClasspath
 commons-cli:commons-cli:1.10.0=jarValidation,runtimeClasspath,runtimeLibs,solrPlatformLibs,testRuntimeClasspath
 commons-codec:commons-codec:1.19.0=jarValidation,runtimeClasspath,runtimeLibs,solrPlatformLibs,testRuntimeClasspath