diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 611aec620a..495836040b 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 OpenLDAP 2.6 Change Log
 
-OpenLDAP 2.6.12 Engineering
+OpenLDAP 2.6.12 Release (2026/01/29)
 	Fixed libldap to reject empty types in LDIF (ITS#10429)
 	Fixed libldap to not scroll past nul bytes (ITS#10430)
 	Fixed libldap to enforce stop when encountering nul-leading line (ITS#10431)
diff --git a/build/version.var b/build/version.var
index 8138b36a32..8078b2237a 100644
--- a/build/version.var
+++ b/build/version.var
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 ol_package=OpenLDAP
 ol_major=2
 ol_minor=6
-ol_patch=X
-ol_api_inc=20611
+ol_patch=12
+ol_api_inc=20612
 ol_api_current=2
 ol_api_revision=200
 ol_api_age=0
-ol_release_date="2026/01/28"
+ol_release_date="2026/01/29"