diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 2386d7d8..17b20b1a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+v0.11.26 - TBD
+=====================
+* Fixed a crash when passing in null for the read or seek callbacks for a decoder.
+
+
 v0.11.25 - 2026-03-04
 =====================
 * Bug fixes to the WAV decoder.
diff --git a/miniaudio.h b/miniaudio.h
index 250e869c..3e94a18f 100644
--- a/miniaudio.h
+++ b/miniaudio.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 Audio playback and capture library. Choice of public domain or MIT-0. See license statements at the end of this file.
-miniaudio - v0.11.25 - 2026-03-04
+miniaudio - v0.11.26 - TBD
 
 David Reid - mackron@gmail.com
 
@@ -3956,7 +3956,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #define MA_VERSION_MAJOR    0
 #define MA_VERSION_MINOR    11
-#define MA_VERSION_REVISION 25
+#define MA_VERSION_REVISION 26
 #define MA_VERSION_STRING   MA_XSTRINGIFY(MA_VERSION_MAJOR) "." MA_XSTRINGIFY(MA_VERSION_MINOR) "." MA_XSTRINGIFY(MA_VERSION_REVISION)
 
 #if defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(__clang__)
@@ -10476,7 +10476,19 @@ typedef struct
 } ma_decoding_backend_vtable;
 
 
-typedef ma_result (* ma_decoder_read_proc)(ma_decoder* pDecoder, void* pBufferOut, size_t bytesToRead, size_t* pBytesRead);         /* Returns the number of bytes read. */
+/*
+The read callback should return MA_SUCCESS if more than zero bytes were successfully read. If zero
+bytes can be read because it reached the end of the file, return MA_AT_END. If any other error
+occurs just return any other error code (it's fine to just generically return MA_ERROR).
+
+Return the actual number of bytes read in `pBytesRead`. Important note: if the number of bytes
+actually read is less than the number of bytes requested (bytesToRead), miniaudio will treat it as
+if the end of the file has been reached and it will stop decoding. This becomes relevant for things
+like streaming data sources, such as internet streams. If you haven't yet received `bytesToRead`
+from the network, you need to have your callback wait for it and then only return when the full
+number of bytes can be output, or when you've reached the genuine end of the stream.
+*/
+typedef ma_result (* ma_decoder_read_proc)(ma_decoder* pDecoder, void* pBufferOut, size_t bytesToRead, size_t* pBytesRead);
 typedef ma_result (* ma_decoder_seek_proc)(ma_decoder* pDecoder, ma_int64 byteOffset, ma_seek_origin origin);
 typedef ma_result (* ma_decoder_tell_proc)(ma_decoder* pDecoder, ma_int64* pCursor);
 
@@ -75761,6 +75773,10 @@ static ma_result ma_decoder_on_seek(void* pUserData, ma_int64 offset, ma_seek_or
     ma_decoder* pDecoder = (ma_decoder*)pUserData;
     MA_ASSERT(pDecoder != NULL);
 
+    if (pDecoder->onSeek == NULL) {
+        return MA_NOT_IMPLEMENTED;
+    }
+
     return pDecoder->onSeek(pDecoder, offset, origin);
 }
 
@@ -75956,6 +75972,11 @@ static ma_result ma_decoder__preinit(ma_decoder_read_proc onRead, ma_decoder_see
 
     MA_ZERO_OBJECT(pDecoder);
 
+    /* A read callback must be available. */
+    if (onRead == NULL) {
+        return MA_INVALID_ARGS;
+    }
+
     dataSourceConfig = ma_data_source_config_init();
     dataSourceConfig.pVTable = &ma_gDataSourceVTable_Decoder;