diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c609bb8..a7578b4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@
 /ansible-0ee3815c555ce16e1749a26ce5478eeea72b91a8.tar.gz
 /ansible-bfd93c835afdca638fe0757d64a9a2a4e7e72cdc.tar.gz
 /ansible-b104478f171a4030c0cd96ef4d99db65bf04dceb.tar.gz
+/ansible-a1683d3dab164afdfe1bedc8dab296564b7a47e5.tar.gz
diff --git a/ansible-core.spec b/ansible-core.spec
index db14e63..47dc684 100644
--- a/ansible-core.spec
+++ b/ansible-core.spec
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # ansible-test munges the shebangs itself.
 %global __brp_mangle_shebangs_exclude_from_file %{SOURCE1}
 
-%global commitId b104478f171a4030c0cd96ef4d99db65bf04dceb
+%global commitId a1683d3dab164afdfe1bedc8dab296564b7a47e5
 %global python39_sitelib /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/
 
 # RHEL and Fedora add -s to the shebang line.  We do *not* use -s -E -S or -I
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@
 
 Name: ansible-core
 Summary: SSH-based configuration management, deployment, and task execution system
-Version: 2.12.5
+Version: 2.12.6
 %if 0%{?nightly}
 Release: 0.1.%{snap}%{?dist}
 %else
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 %endif
 
 Group: Development/Libraries
@@ -211,6 +211,9 @@ cp -p lib/ansible_core.egg-info/PKG-INFO .
 %{python39_sitelib}/ansible_test
 
 %changelog
+* Tue May 24 2022 James Marshall <jamarsha@redhat.com> - 2.12.6-1
+- ansible-core 2.12.6 release
+
 * Fri May 13 2022 Dimitri Savineau <dsavinea@redhat.com> - 2.12.5-2
 - switch from git to git-core dependency (rhbz#2083386)
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 0d67c3c..3987418 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SHA512 (ansible-b104478f171a4030c0cd96ef4d99db65bf04dceb.tar.gz) = 26cf979f7fbc263081a4735ca8f4d82911e95a497c3fd17d1f3e734a8b1cf689af75a1d621c8100c1c12f20fa7d2f45d4af4f3812fdfb3ae29b6583fcbad7f28
+SHA512 (ansible-a1683d3dab164afdfe1bedc8dab296564b7a47e5.tar.gz) = df1cc56a3587676241154a3cab98446600cf5adf1e695261e941fa5f33338513329b44cc7f9c8ebef03353b498e4c0889f48b94b19b89903509eba8d1497b35f
 SHA512 (packaging-ded06cedf6e20680eea0363fac894cb4a09e7831.tar.gz) = ceacb927289775fe901b2169053e3265db1531c8c22dc42329d28c24b64d021a791cf523044420e3a821fbbc251039796f951b21745a4870a8ec53e2eeac76a7
 SHA512 (pyparsing-6a844ee35ca5125490a28dbd6dd2d15b6498e605.tar.gz) = ad95ec904f35dce422e31c6fc5922ca5970757229463e9fc4d1cbb0e798b6b7c1c6f44dcb8aaccec47f106506e78e7482ffc40b21f2122ba9d83e4e27bd57118
 SHA512 (straightplugin-6634ea8e1e89d5bb23804f50e676f196c52c46ed.tar.gz) = 7a3ba87f0de4cd7c7c8dda564d737b1656f8f3a9fa33895a252dec49ed53cbaf7e140d7fa65a68efa959487f4477b079cf9ae8cd251df3b8977053cde8aab7a5