diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 197847ce20..cfc1756f85 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.12.6</version>
+    <version>2.12.7</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index 9a17d4ed1b..fc3593e502 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ JSON library.
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+2.12.7 (26-May-2022)
+
+No changes since 2.12.6
+
 2.12.6 (15-Dec-2021)
 
 #713: Incorrect parsing of single-quoted surrounded String values containing double quotes