diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 72074209..0ffb8fa7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 <!-- usage documentation: http://expeditor-docs.es.chef.io/configuration/changelog/ -->
 
-<!-- latest_release 2.6.11 -->
-## [v2.6.11](https://github.com/chef/license_scout/tree/v2.6.11) (2023-01-31)
+<!-- latest_release 2.6.12 -->
+## [v2.6.12](https://github.com/chef/license_scout/tree/v2.6.12) (2023-01-31)
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
-- cleaning up expeditor config [#312](https://github.com/chef/license_scout/pull/312) ([sean-simmons-progress](https://github.com/sean-simmons-progress))
+- cleaning up expeditor config [#313](https://github.com/chef/license_scout/pull/313) ([sean-simmons-progress](https://github.com/sean-simmons-progress))
 <!-- latest_release -->
 
 <!-- release_rollup since=2.6.10 -->
 ### Changes since 2.6.10 release
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
+- cleaning up expeditor config [#313](https://github.com/chef/license_scout/pull/313) ([sean-simmons-progress](https://github.com/sean-simmons-progress)) <!-- 2.6.12 -->
 - cleaning up expeditor config [#312](https://github.com/chef/license_scout/pull/312) ([sean-simmons-progress](https://github.com/sean-simmons-progress)) <!-- 2.6.11 -->
 <!-- release_rollup -->
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 55609e9e..af90a732 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.6.11
\ No newline at end of file
+2.6.12
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/habitat/plan.sh b/habitat/plan.sh
index 3a51242a..bc04a6d2 100644
--- a/habitat/plan.sh
+++ b/habitat/plan.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pkg_name=license_scout
 pkg_origin=chef
-pkg_version="2.6.11"
+pkg_version="2.6.12"
 pkg_license=("Apache-2.0")
 pkg_maintainer="Chef Release Engineering <releng@chef.io>"
 pkg_upstream_url="https://github.com/chef/license_scout"
diff --git a/lib/license_scout/version.rb b/lib/license_scout/version.rb
index 8bb83945..88213d8f 100644
--- a/lib/license_scout/version.rb
+++ b/lib/license_scout/version.rb
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@
 #
 
 module LicenseScout
-  VERSION = "2.6.11".freeze
+  VERSION = "2.6.12".freeze
 end