diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
index 7eaab1deb..14212b7cc 100644
--- a/RELEASE
+++ b/RELEASE
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ fwupd Release Notes
 
 Write release entries:
 
-git log --format="%s" --cherry-pick --right-only 1.2.4... | grep -i -v trivial | grep -v Merge | sort | uniq
+git log --format="%s" --cherry-pick --right-only 1.2.5... | grep -i -v trivial | grep -v Merge | sort | uniq
 Add any user visible changes into ../data/org.freedesktop.fwupd.metainfo.xml
 appstream-util appdata-to-news ../data/org.freedesktop.fwupd.metainfo.xml > NEWS
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ git add ../po/*.po
 2. Commit changes to git:
 
 # MAKE SURE THIS IS CORRECT
-export release_ver="1.2.5"
+export release_ver="1.2.6"
 
 git commit -a -m "Release fwupd ${release_ver}"
 git tag -s -f -m "Release fwupd ${release_ver}" "${release_ver}"
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d7c21faf1..f4f0af192 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('fwupd', 'c',
-  version : '1.2.5',
+  version : '1.2.6',
   license : 'LGPL-2.1+',
   meson_version : '>=0.47.0',
   default_options : ['warning_level=2', 'c_std=c99'],