diff --git a/src/app/components/pages/IsaacCompetition/HomepageHighlight/HomepageHighlight.tsx b/src/app/components/pages/IsaacCompetition/HomepageHighlight/HomepageHighlight.tsx
index ddf650e081..08c8e340aa 100644
--- a/src/app/components/pages/IsaacCompetition/HomepageHighlight/HomepageHighlight.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/pages/IsaacCompetition/HomepageHighlight/HomepageHighlight.tsx
@@ -13,12 +13,8 @@ const HomepageHighlight = () => {
   const getBannerContent = () => {
     if (isBeforeCompetitionOpenDate(currentDate)) {
       return {
-        title: "National Computer Science Competition 2025/26",
-        subtitle: "Opening November 2025",
-        button: {
-          to: "https://forms.office.com/e/23bsQuZfjm",
-          label: "Be the first one to know",
-        },
+        subtitle:
+          "We're currently experiencing issues with Google authentication on our website. Our team is actively investigating and working on a fix. Thank you for your patience.",
       };
     } else if (isAfterCompetitionOpenDateAndBeforeCompetitionEndDate(currentDate)) {
       return {
@@ -57,14 +53,14 @@ const HomepageHighlight = () => {
         <>
           <h1 className="homepage-highlight-title pb-3 pt-4">{bannerContent.title}</h1>
           <h1 className="homepage-highlight-sub-title px-2 ">{bannerContent.subtitle1}</h1>
-          <h1 className="homepage-highlight-sub-title px-2  pb-4">{bannerContent.subtitle2}</h1>
+          <h1 className="homepage-highlight-sub-title px-2 pb-4">{bannerContent.subtitle2}</h1>
         </>
       );
     }
 
     return (
       <>
-        <h1 className="homepage-highlight-title px-1 pt-4">{bannerContent.title}</h1>
+        <h1 className="homepage-highlight-title px-1">{bannerContent.title}</h1>
         <h1 className="homepage-highlight-sub-title p-2">{bannerContent.subtitle}</h1>
       </>
     );
diff --git a/src/app/components/pages/IsaacCompetition/dateUtils.ts b/src/app/components/pages/IsaacCompetition/dateUtils.ts
index 915a238088..8a28674c7c 100644
--- a/src/app/components/pages/IsaacCompetition/dateUtils.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/pages/IsaacCompetition/dateUtils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //Expression of interest banner will be shown till midnight on 2 Nov 2025. Entries open banner will be displayed after this till COMPETITION_END_DATE
 //The competition entry form will be displayed on the Events -> National Competition page after this date.
-export const COMPETITION_OPEN_DATE = new Date("2025-11-02T23:59:59Z"); // UTC timezone
+export const COMPETITION_OPEN_DATE = new Date("2026-05-20T23:59:59Z"); // UTC timezone
 
 //The Entries open banner will be displayed till midnight on 28 Feb 2026. Entries closed banner will be displayed after this till ENTRIES_CLOSED_BANNER_END_DATE
 export const COMPETITION_END_DATE = new Date("2026-02-28T23:59:59Z"); // UTC timezone
diff --git a/src/scss/cs/homepage.scss b/src/scss/cs/homepage.scss
index cda6ae3542..6c83b045b5 100644
--- a/src/scss/cs/homepage.scss
+++ b/src/scss/cs/homepage.scss
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
 
   &-sub-title {
     color: #120540;
-    font-size: 32px;
+    font-size: 24px;
     
     @include respond-below(md) {
       font-size: 24px;