diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 23c952f263..17d7dc5dc3 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 OpenLDAP 2.6 Change Log
 
+OpenLDAP 2.6.12 Engineering
+
 OpenLDAP 2.6.11 Release (2026/01/28)
 	Fixed slapd to use fresh timestamp for lastbind (ITS#10379)
 	Fixed slapd delta-syncrepl to always use logDB rootdn (ITS#10360)
diff --git a/build/version.var b/build/version.var
index ab4557779a..8138b36a32 100644
--- a/build/version.var
+++ b/build/version.var
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 ol_package=OpenLDAP
 ol_major=2
 ol_minor=6
-ol_patch=11
+ol_patch=X
 ol_api_inc=20611
 ol_api_current=2
 ol_api_revision=200