diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 4899c67643..41c2c8154a 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "12.1.0"
+    ".": "12.2.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2bdec2cc6b..51f55c1ba6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [12.2.0](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/compare/v12.1.0...v12.2.0) (2025-12-19)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* include built package version in error logs ([#3254](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/issues/3254)) ([ee9cbdd](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/commit/ee9cbdd6e1d40dc7c1cdc5ed6a75432c716eaf3f))
+
+
+### Core
+
+* **deps:** bump actions/checkout from 5 to 6 ([#3248](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/issues/3248)) ([db5385c](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/commit/db5385c5467e5bfb914b9954f0313c46f1f4e10d))
+
 ## [12.1.0](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/compare/v12.0.0...v12.1.0) (2025-11-12)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ae60687844..5c6494d621 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "bindings",
     "gyp"
   ],
-  "version": "12.1.0",
+  "version": "12.2.0",
   "installVersion": 11,
   "author": "Nathan Rajlich <nathan@tootallnate.net> (http://tootallnate.net)",
   "repository": {