diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index be2d53ec2e..01378faf4c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.12.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.12.6</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index a61ba2ac14..9a17d4ed1b 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ JSON library.
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-2.12.6 (not yet released)
+2.12.6 (15-Dec-2021)
 
 #713: Incorrect parsing of single-quoted surrounded String values containing double quotes
  (reported by wcarmon@github)