diff --git a/docs/release-notes.asciidoc b/docs/release-notes.asciidoc
index 5097897553..54194a82cb 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/release-notes.asciidoc
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 This section summarizes the changes in each release.
 
+* <<release-notes-8.12.1, {elastic-sec} version 8.12.1>>
 * <<release-notes-8.12.0, {elastic-sec} version 8.12.0>>
 * <<release-notes-8.11.4, {elastic-sec} version 8.11.4>>
 * <<release-notes-8.11.3, {elastic-sec} version 8.11.3>>
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/8.12.asciidoc b/docs/release-notes/8.12.asciidoc
index 6b51ed42d4..c2567adaa2 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/8.12.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/release-notes/8.12.asciidoc
@@ -1,6 +1,29 @@
 [[release-notes-header-8.12.0]]
 == 8.12
 
+[discrete]
+[[enhancements-8.12.1]]
+==== Enhancements
+
+* Provides performance improvements related to image load and registry write events ({pull}175486[#175486]).
+
+[discrete]
+[[release-notes-8.12.1]]
+=== 8.12.1
+
+[discrete]
+[[bug-fixes-8.12.1]]
+==== Bug fixes
+* Fixes misaligned elements in the top navigation bar ({pull}175516[#175516]).
+* Fixes a bug that affected search results when you entered an agent name that included a dash (`-`) ({pull}175134[#175134]).
+* Fixes a UI bug that hid frequency options for rule actions when you created or edited a rule ({pull}175050[#175050]).
+* Removes the option to select a data view when modifying a rule's filter ({pull}174922[#174922]).
+* Hides the technical and runtime fields that shouldn't appear in the JSON diff view when you're upgrading a rule ({pull}174789[#174789]).
+* Ensures the current user is used when querying threshold rule history ({pull}174723[#174723]).
+* Updates the document ID used for the visual event analyzer preview and the related by ancestry section of the alert details flyout ({pull}174651[#174651]).
+* Deletes saved searches that are associated with deleted Timelines, and prevents saved searches from being created twice ({pull}174562[#174562]).
+* Fixes a bug that prevented the assignee column from appearing in the Alerts table after upgrading to 8.12.0 ({pull}174370[#174370]).
+
 [discrete]
 [[release-notes-8.12.0]]
 === 8.12.0