diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e0bb8386..cd0b36c7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <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.jaxrs</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-providers</artifactId>
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index 22cc4ea4..d9be661d 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Sub-modules:
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+2.12.6 (15-Dec-2021)
 2.12.5 (27-Aug-2021)
 2.12.4 (06-Jul-2021)
 2.12.3 (12-Apr-2021)