diff --git a/libtiledbvcf/cmake/Modules/FindTileDB_EP.cmake b/libtiledbvcf/cmake/Modules/FindTileDB_EP.cmake
index a3cdc4af4..c14bb6fe8 100644
--- a/libtiledbvcf/cmake/Modules/FindTileDB_EP.cmake
+++ b/libtiledbvcf/cmake/Modules/FindTileDB_EP.cmake
@@ -52,20 +52,20 @@ else()
     # Try to download prebuilt artifacts unless the user specifies to build from source
     if(DOWNLOAD_TILEDB_PREBUILT)
         if (WIN32) # Windows
-          SET(DOWNLOAD_URL "https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB/releases/download/2.25.0/tiledb-windows-x86_64-2.25.0-bbcbd3f.zip")
-          SET(DOWNLOAD_SHA1 "b2b8cdfefbcbb07296c86e52cb9a2979ef455d2a")
+          SET(DOWNLOAD_URL "https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB/releases/download/2.26.0-rc3/tiledb-windows-x86_64-2.26.0-rc3-ffb4b8e.zip")
+          SET(DOWNLOAD_SHA1 "cb128c703a2637200205a6efcd04b6a92286f5c0")
         elseif(APPLE) # OSX
 
           if (CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES STREQUAL x86_64 OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "(x86_64)|(AMD64|amd64)|(^i.86$)")
-            SET(DOWNLOAD_URL "https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB/releases/download/2.25.0/tiledb-macos-x86_64-2.25.0-bbcbd3f.tar.gz")
-            SET(DOWNLOAD_SHA1 "9c799d7de64e78d9e95cfa7db95b569cd3d3c8b0")
+            SET(DOWNLOAD_URL "https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB/releases/download/2.26.0-rc3/tiledb-macos-x86_64-2.26.0-rc3-ffb4b8e.tar.gz")
+            SET(DOWNLOAD_SHA1 "96890030318ab15ef3d9a7a7aefdb641a57b0cfa")
           elseif (CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES STREQUAL arm64 OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "^aarch64" OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "^arm")
-            SET(DOWNLOAD_URL "https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB/releases/download/2.25.0/tiledb-macos-arm64-2.25.0-bbcbd3f.tar.gz")
-            SET(DOWNLOAD_SHA1 "c6a1ab5213c36e53dd8e6da87c18b8bc695c532d")
+            SET(DOWNLOAD_URL "https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB/releases/download/2.26.0-rc3/tiledb-macos-arm64-2.26.0-rc3-ffb4b8e.tar.gz")
+            SET(DOWNLOAD_SHA1 "67694a495f20ef3ac17a4781d9680b448fca41f6")
           endif()
         else() # Linux
-          SET(DOWNLOAD_URL "https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB/releases/download/2.25.0/tiledb-linux-x86_64-2.25.0-bbcbd3f.tar.gz")
-          SET(DOWNLOAD_SHA1 "1d789af5d88ce09edf60d16ea3988631e780252a")
+          SET(DOWNLOAD_URL "https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB/releases/download/2.26.0-rc3/tiledb-linux-x86_64-2.26.0-rc3-ffb4b8e.tar.gz")
+          SET(DOWNLOAD_SHA1 "0c713cb385cd04bbe2d2a15cfa4c40b925f742d7")
         endif()
 
         ExternalProject_Add(ep_tiledb
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ else()
     else() # Build from source
         ExternalProject_Add(ep_tiledb
           PREFIX "externals"
-          URL "https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB/archive/2.25.0.zip"
-          URL_HASH SHA1=35418d02cefe2721e3e3b6a3d52505359f4b3e21
+          URL "https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB/archive/2.26.0-rc3.zip"
+          URL_HASH SHA1=07298b64c29d128ea0a5bf3999a89074824c2be0
           DOWNLOAD_NAME "tiledb.zip"
           CMAKE_ARGS
             -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${EP_INSTALL_PREFIX}