diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1836e35ef..37314dd4c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -8,10 +8,16 @@ Release date: TBA
 
 
 
-What's New in astroid 2.12.6?
+What's New in astroid 2.12.7?
 =============================
 Release date: TBA
 
+
+
+What's New in astroid 2.12.6?
+=============================
+Release date: 2022-09-05
+
 * Fix a crash involving ``Uninferable`` arguments to ``namedtuple()``.
 
   Closes PyCQA/pylint#7375
diff --git a/astroid/__pkginfo__.py b/astroid/__pkginfo__.py
index 947ede239..b8e952e2c 100644
--- a/astroid/__pkginfo__.py
+++ b/astroid/__pkginfo__.py
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/astroid/blob/main/LICENSE
 # Copyright (c) https://github.com/PyCQA/astroid/blob/main/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
 
-__version__ = "2.12.5"
+__version__ = "2.12.6"
 version = __version__
diff --git a/tbump.toml b/tbump.toml
index 984971717..aa0e34980 100644
--- a/tbump.toml
+++ b/tbump.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 github_url = "https://github.com/PyCQA/astroid"
 
 [version]
-current = "2.12.5"
+current = "2.12.6"
 regex = '''
 ^(?P<major>0|[1-9]\d*)
 \.