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We present new yields of 26Al from Wolf--Rayet stellar winds based onrotating stellar models which account well for numerous observed properties ofmassive stars. We study the impacts on the yields of a change of initial mass,metallicity and initial rotation velocity. We also consider the effects of achange of mass loss rates during the Wolf--Rayet phase. We show that forsurface rotation velocities during the core H--burning phase matching to theobserved ones, the quantity of 26Al ejected by a star of a given initial massand metallicity is roughly doubled when the effects of rotation are taken intoaccount. The metallicity dependence of the yield is, on the other hand, verysimilar to that obtained from non--rotating models. We estimate that at leastabout 20% to 50% (e.g. 0.6 --1.4 Msun) of the live 26Al detected in theMilky--Way originates from Wolf--Rayet stellar winds. We show the importance ofa good knowledge of the present metallicity gradient and star formation rate inour galaxy for modeling both the variation of the 26Al surface density with thegalactocentric distance and the global contribution of the Wolf--Rayet stellarwinds to the present galactic mass of 26Al.Comment: 12 pages, 8 figures. Replaced version with corrected typos and  references, and figure 4 replaced. To be published in Astronomy &  Astrophysic

New estimates of the contribution of Wolf-Rayet stellar winds to the Galactic $\mathsf{^{26}}$Al