diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fafd6ab..22a1bfa 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2023-12-06 Lauren Coombe <lcoombe@bcgsc.ca>
+
+  * Release version 1.2.6
+  * Bugfix for `arks-tigmint` and `arcs-tigmint` rules in `arcs-make`
+  * Update documentation
+
 2023-01-05 Lauren Coombe <lcoombe@bcgsc.ca>
 
   * Release version 1.2.5
diff --git a/bin/arcs-make b/bin/arcs-make
index 4cfcb84..1e89403 100755
--- a/bin/arcs-make
+++ b/bin/arcs-make
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ clean:
 	@echo "Clean Done"
 
 version:
-	@echo "arcs-make v1.2.5"
+	@echo "arcs-make v1.2.6"
 
 #Preprocessing
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d81b3c4..b550dd7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-AC_INIT(arcs, 1.2.5, rwarren@bcgsc.ca)
+AC_INIT(arcs, 1.2.6, rwarren@bcgsc.ca)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign subdir-objects])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([Arcs/Arcs.cpp])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4854db2..457a7c6 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="arcs",
-    version="1.2.5",
+    version="1.2.6",
     description="Scaffolding genome sequence assemblies using linked or long read sequencing data",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",