diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 18e098dd4c..46dab40e94 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
+1.26.2 (2020-11-12)
+-------------------
+
+* Fixed an issue where ``wrap_socket`` and ``CERT_REQUIRED`` wouldn't
+  be imported properly on Python 2.7.8 and earlier (Pull #2052)
+
+
 1.26.1 (2020-11-11)
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/src/urllib3/_version.py b/src/urllib3/_version.py
index cd4e7b06a4..2dba29e3fb 100644
--- a/src/urllib3/_version.py
+++ b/src/urllib3/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is protected via CODEOWNERS
-__version__ = "1.26.1"
+__version__ = "1.26.2"
diff --git a/src/urllib3/util/ssl_.py b/src/urllib3/util/ssl_.py
index 1cb5e7cdc1..236aa8e630 100644
--- a/src/urllib3/util/ssl_.py
+++ b/src/urllib3/util/ssl_.py
@@ -44,13 +44,21 @@ def _const_compare_digest_backport(a, b):
 
 try:  # Test for SSL features
     import ssl
-    from ssl import HAS_SNI  # Has SNI?
     from ssl import CERT_REQUIRED, wrap_socket
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
+try:
+    from ssl import HAS_SNI  # Has SNI?
+except ImportError:
+    pass
 
+try:
     from .ssltransport import SSLTransport
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
+
 try:  # Platform-specific: Python 3.6
     from ssl import PROTOCOL_TLS