diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 890787d..6683883 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2024-XX-XX   1.2.6:
+-------------------
+
+
 2024-10-09   1.2.5:
 -------------------
   * update cibuildwheel to 2.21.3 in order to provide cp312 wheels on PyPI
diff --git a/bsdiff4/__init__.py b/bsdiff4/__init__.py
index 5d056bf..b567e5e 100644
--- a/bsdiff4/__init__.py
+++ b/bsdiff4/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from bsdiff4.format import (diff, patch, file_diff, file_patch,
                             file_patch_inplace)
 
-__version__ = "1.2.5"
+__version__ = "1.2.6"
 
 
 def test(verbosity=1):