diff --git a/.ansible-core.metadata b/.ansible-core.metadata
index caa3fb5..76b1748 100644
--- a/.ansible-core.metadata
+++ b/.ansible-core.metadata
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-854e917cdac2df1b1ba51df2f67a89ba503d56e6 SOURCES/ansible-b104478f171a4030c0cd96ef4d99db65bf04dceb.tar.gz
+f0bdcb028af3d65e0aba71bf2c1e02a35dbac2c3 SOURCES/ansible-a1683d3dab164afdfe1bedc8dab296564b7a47e5.tar.gz
 d5b06047a8a5937c9433c8e0e88bcf2ccb6a4f84 SOURCES/packaging-ded06cedf6e20680eea0363fac894cb4a09e7831.tar.gz
 f20e820c8fa08ff162ace90735a2a89c599f7166 SOURCES/pyparsing-6a844ee35ca5125490a28dbd6dd2d15b6498e605.tar.gz
 c17fd6000af4ccf32930c41e928fea1e38cb5d0a SOURCES/straightplugin-6634ea8e1e89d5bb23804f50e676f196c52c46ed.tar.gz
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9c4cb20..d543c12 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SOURCES/ansible-b104478f171a4030c0cd96ef4d99db65bf04dceb.tar.gz
+SOURCES/ansible-a1683d3dab164afdfe1bedc8dab296564b7a47e5.tar.gz
 SOURCES/packaging-ded06cedf6e20680eea0363fac894cb4a09e7831.tar.gz
 SOURCES/pyparsing-6a844ee35ca5125490a28dbd6dd2d15b6498e605.tar.gz
 SOURCES/straightplugin-6634ea8e1e89d5bb23804f50e676f196c52c46ed.tar.gz
diff --git a/SPECS/ansible-core.spec b/SPECS/ansible-core.spec
index 5c3141e..39cbe3f 100644
--- a/SPECS/ansible-core.spec
+++ b/SPECS/ansible-core.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # ansible-test munges the shebangs itself.
 %global __brp_mangle_shebangs_exclude_from_file %{SOURCE1}
 
-%global commitId b104478f171a4030c0cd96ef4d99db65bf04dceb
+%global commitId a1683d3dab164afdfe1bedc8dab296564b7a47e5
 %global python38_sitelib /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/
 
 # NOTE(pabelanger): Don't auto add pwsh as Requires for ansible-test. We do
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 Name: ansible-core
 Summary: SSH-based configuration management, deployment, and task execution system
-Version: 2.12.5
+Version: 2.12.6
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 ExcludeArch: i686
 
@@ -205,6 +205,9 @@ cp -p lib/ansible_core.egg-info/PKG-INFO .
 %{python38_sitelib}/ansible_test
 
 %changelog
+* Tue May 24 2022 James Marshall <jamarsha@redhat.com> - 2.12.6-1
+- ansible-core 2.12.6 release
+
 * Mon May 09 2022 Dimitri Savineau <dsavinea@redhat.com> - 2.12.5-1
 - ansible-core 2.12.5 release