diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ This patch release:
   used to construct a `Jws` instance (instead of JJWT's default decoder). See
   [Issue 947](https://github.com/jwtk/jjwt/issues/947).
 * Fixes a decompression memory leak in concurrent/multi-threaded environments introduced in 0.12.0 when decompressing JWTs with a `zip` header of `GZIP`. See [Issue 949](https://github.com/jwtk/jjwt/issues/949).
-* Upgrades BouncyCastle to 1.78.
+* Upgrades BouncyCastle to 1.78 via [PR 941](https://github.com/jwtk/jjwt/pull/941).
 
 ### 0.12.5
 
diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 :doctype: book
 = Java JWT: JSON Web Token for Java and Android
-:project-version: 0.12.5
+:project-version: 0.12.6
 :toc:
 :toc-title:
 :toc-placement!: