Octavio Pisano and Juliana Aidén Martinez will exit the series after the current season concludes, TODAY.com can confirm. Deadline first reported the news. The outlet also previously reported “SVU,” which has not yet been officially renewed, would be getting its first female showrunner, Michele Fazekas, after Season 26.

Octavio Pisano, who portrays Detective Joe Velasco, and Juliana Martinez, who is Detective Kate Silva on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” are exiting the NBC series at the end of the current Season 26. Pisano, 38, joined the drama during Season 23 as a former undercover agent turned SVU detective.