diff --git a/docs/models/icon/compile.md b/docs/models/icon/compile.md
index 5d733af04..d9f7dabd0 100644
--- a/docs/models/icon/compile.md
+++ b/docs/models/icon/compile.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Clone the ICON repository:
 
 === "Latest release at DKRZ GitLab"
     ```console
-    git clone -b release-2025.10-public --recurse-submodules https://gitlab.dkrz.de/icon/icon-model.git
+    git clone -b release-2026.04-public --recurse-submodules https://gitlab.dkrz.de/icon/icon-model.git
     ```
 
 === "icon-nwp master branch at DKRZ GitLab"
@@ -30,59 +30,6 @@ Clone the ICON repository:
 
 #### Säntis
 
-!!! info "Changes needed for latest ICON release"
-    Before continuing with the instructions below, you must apply the following patch if you are using the latest DKRZ GitLab release `2025.10` (older releases have not been tested). The same applies if you are using an `icon-nwp` version prior to the [[hotfix] Fix CI after major update of Säntis :material-open-in-new:](https://gitlab.dkrz.de/icon/icon-nwp/-/commit/2d6ef79e184af8cce957f8b6862f076040285c62){:target="_blank"} commit.
-    <details>
-    <summary> <b><u> patch </u></b> </summary>
-
-    ```diff
-    diff --git a/config/cscs/SANTIS_ENV_TAG b/config/cscs/SANTIS_ENV_TAG
-    index 4b8589c5a..f4526e9f3 100644
-    --- a/config/cscs/SANTIS_ENV_TAG
-    +++ b/config/cscs/SANTIS_ENV_TAG
-    @@ -1 +1 @@
-    -icon/25.2:v3
-    +icon/25.2:v4
-    diff --git a/config/cscs/spack/santis_cpu_double/spack.yaml b/config/cscs/spack/santis_cpu_double/spack.yaml
-    index f0300a1b9..20c7ce662 100644
-    --- a/config/cscs/spack/santis_cpu_double/spack.yaml
-    +++ b/config/cscs/spack/santis_cpu_double/spack.yaml
-    @@ -11,8 +11,11 @@
-     spack:
-       specs:
-       - cosmo-eccodes-definitions@2.36.0.3
-    -  - icon @develop %nvhpc +grib2 +eccodes-definitions +ecrad +emvorado +art +dace ~aes
-    -    ~jsbach ~ocean ~coupling ~rte-rrtmgp ~loop-exchange
-    +  - icon @develop %nvhpc +grib2 +eccodes-definitions +ecrad +emvorado +art ~aes
-    +    ~jsbach ~ocean ~coupling ~rte-rrtmgp ~loop-exchange +mpi
-       view: true
-       concretizer:
-         unify: true
-    +  packages:
-    +    mpi:
-    +      require: cray-mpich%nvhpc
-    diff --git a/config/cscs/spack/santis_gpu_double/spack.yaml b/config/cscs/spack/santis_gpu_double/spack.yaml
-    index 677e1bd3b..052d0856a 100644
-    --- a/config/cscs/spack/santis_gpu_double/spack.yaml
-    +++ b/config/cscs/spack/santis_gpu_double/spack.yaml
-    @@ -11,9 +11,12 @@
-     spack:
-       specs:
-       - cosmo-eccodes-definitions@2.36.0.3
-    -  - icon @develop %nvhpc +grib2 +eccodes-definitions +ecrad +emvorado +art +dace gpu=nvidia-90
-    +  - icon @develop %nvhpc +grib2 +eccodes-definitions +ecrad +emvorado +art gpu=nvidia-90
-         +mpi-gpu +realloc-buf ~aes ~jsbach ~ocean ~coupling ~rte-rrtmgp ~loop-exchange
-         ~cuda-graphs fflags="-traceback"
-       view: true
-       concretizer:
-         unify: true
-    +  packages:
-    +    mpi:
-    +      require: cray-mpich%nvhpc
-    ```
-
-    </details>
-
 Run the following after navigating into the ICON root folder:
 
 === "CPU compilation"
@@ -97,7 +44,7 @@ Run the following after navigating into the ICON root folder:
     uenv run ${UENV_VERSION} -- ./config/cscs/santis.gpu.nvhpc
     ```
 
-!!! info "User environments and out-of-source builds"
+!!! info "User environments (uenvs)"
 
     If you have never used a uenv on Säntis, you need to create a uenv repo first:
     ```
diff --git a/docs/models/icon/index.md b/docs/models/icon/index.md
index c1f297491..0cbb48580 100644
--- a/docs/models/icon/index.md
+++ b/docs/models/icon/index.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ C2SM facilitates the utilisation of ICON on the [Alps :material-open-in-new:](ht
 
 !!! info 
 
-      The latest official ICON release (currently `2025.10`) and the [`icon-nwp` master branch :material-open-in-new:](https://gitlab.dkrz.de/icon/icon-nwp){:target="_blank"} are continuously being tested on both [Santis](../../hpc/santis.md){:target="_blank"} (CSCS) and [Euler](../../hpc/euler.md){:target="_blank"} (ETHZ).
+      The latest official ICON release (currently `2026.04`) and the [`icon-nwp` master branch :material-open-in-new:](https://gitlab.dkrz.de/icon/icon-nwp){:target="_blank"} are continuously being tested on both [Santis](../../hpc/santis.md){:target="_blank"} (CSCS) and [Euler](../../hpc/euler.md){:target="_blank"} (ETHZ).
 
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