diff --git a/recipe/patches/amrex-26.04-changelog.patch b/recipe/patches/amrex-26.04-changelog.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97291d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipe/patches/amrex-26.04-changelog.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
+index 66a1eaaa0d..df33b8d2da 100644
+--- a/CHANGES.md
++++ b/CHANGES.md
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-# 26.03
++# 26.04
+ 
+  ## Highlights:
+ 
diff --git a/recipe/recipe.yaml b/recipe/recipe.yaml
index ef3e4fe..4c8bc83 100644
--- a/recipe/recipe.yaml
+++ b/recipe/recipe.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ context:
   # prioritize nompi variant via build number
   name: amrex
   version: "26.04"
-  build: 0
+  build: 1
   mpi: ${{ mpi or "nompi" }}  # is this still needed?
   mpi_prefix: ${{ "nompi" if mpi == "nompi" else "mpi_" + mpi }}
 
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ package:
 source:
   url: https://github.com/AMReX-Codes/amrex/archive/refs/tags/${{ version }}.tar.gz
   sha256: 6774449027793ae583036150ee17d929c88cdc04fee136da8de201cbe78c4c03
+  patches:
+    - patches/amrex-26.04-changelog.patch
 
 build:
   # add build string so packages can depend on