diff --git a/README b/README
index 40f807c..6f36f05 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,12 +1,30 @@
                               Fontconfig
              Font configuration and customization library
-                            Version 2.12.5
-                              2017-09-09
+                            Version 2.12.6
+                              2017-09-21
 
 
 Check INSTALL for compilation and installation instructions.
 Report bugs to https://bugs.freedesktop.org in the fontconfig module.
 
+2.12.6
+
+Akira TAGOH (4):
+      und_zsye.orth: polish to get for NotoEmoji-Regular.ttf
+      Revert "Keep the same behavior to the return value of FcConfigParseAndLoad"
+      Fix again to keep the same behavior to the return value of FcConfigParseAndLoad
+      Update libtool revision
+
+Behdad Esfahbod (2):
+      Minor
+      [fc-query] Fix linking order
+
+David Kaspar [Dee'Kej] (1):
+      conf.d: Drop aliases for (URW)++ fonts
+
+Florian Müllner (1):
+      build: Remove references to deleted file
+
 2.12.5
 
 Akira TAGOH (17):
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c9eb058..1c7652e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 dnl version.  This same version number must appear in fontconfig/fontconfig.h
 dnl Yes, it is a pain to synchronize version numbers.  Unfortunately, it's
 dnl not possible to extract the version number here from fontconfig.h
-AC_INIT([fontconfig], [2.12.5], [https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=fontconfig])
+AC_INIT([fontconfig], [2.12.6], [https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=fontconfig])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 parallel-tests dist-bzip2])
 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES],[AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
 
diff --git a/fontconfig/fontconfig.h b/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
index ecc1d90..58bc3e2 100644
--- a/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
+++ b/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
 #define FC_MAJOR	2
 #define FC_MINOR	12
-#define FC_REVISION	5
+#define FC_REVISION	6
 
 #define FC_VERSION	((FC_MAJOR * 10000) + (FC_MINOR * 100) + (FC_REVISION))