diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index a3ff6f9b0c..4899c67643 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "12.0.0"
+    ".": "12.1.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 65f87f39d8..2bdec2cc6b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [12.1.0](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/compare/v12.0.0...v12.1.0) (2025-11-12)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add support for Visual Studio 2026 (18.x) ([69e5fd2](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/commit/69e5fd2c98ac83dad5200a47515b301ccd80d2d3))
+* Support for Visual Studio 2026 (18.x) ([69e5fd2](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/commit/69e5fd2c98ac83dad5200a47515b301ccd80d2d3))
+
 ## [12.0.0](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/compare/v11.5.0...v12.0.0) (2025-11-10)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ba483eae04..bfe91468fe 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "bindings",
     "gyp"
   ],
-  "version": "12.0.0",
+  "version": "12.1.0",
   "installVersion": 11,
   "author": "Nathan Rajlich <nathan@tootallnate.net> (http://tootallnate.net)",
   "repository": {