diff --git a/spine-unity/Assets/Spine/Runtime/spine-unity/Components/SkeletonMecanim.cs b/spine-unity/Assets/Spine/Runtime/spine-unity/Components/SkeletonMecanim.cs
index 8e694feec..29959d445 100644
--- a/spine-unity/Assets/Spine/Runtime/spine-unity/Components/SkeletonMecanim.cs
+++ b/spine-unity/Assets/Spine/Runtime/spine-unity/Components/SkeletonMecanim.cs
@@ -109,6 +109,13 @@ namespace Spine.Unity {
 			UpdateAnimation();
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>Manual animation update. Required when <c>updateTiming</c> is set to <c>ManualUpdate</c>.</summary>
+		/// <param name="deltaTime">Ignored parameter.</param>
+		public virtual void Update (float deltaTime) {
+			if (!valid) return;
+			UpdateAnimation();
+		}
+
 		protected void UpdateAnimation () {
 			wasUpdatedAfterInit = true;
 
diff --git a/spine-unity/Assets/Spine/package.json b/spine-unity/Assets/Spine/package.json
index 5ffdf5245..6208b85fd 100644
--- a/spine-unity/Assets/Spine/package.json
+++ b/spine-unity/Assets/Spine/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	"name": "com.esotericsoftware.spine.spine-unity",
 	"displayName": "spine-unity Runtime",
 	"description": "This plugin provides the spine-unity runtime core.",
-	"version": "4.2.25",
+	"version": "4.2.26",
 	"unity": "2018.3",
 	"author": {
 		"name": "Esoteric Software",