diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 770201d3b..79efe5bc7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [commit-and-tag-version](https://github.com/absolute-version/commit-and-tag-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [12.6.0](https://github.com/absolute-version/commit-and-tag-version/compare/v12.5.2...v12.6.0) (2025-08-27)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add --config option to allow custom config file path ([#237](https://github.com/absolute-version/commit-and-tag-version/issues/237)) ([3958e68](https://github.com/absolute-version/commit-and-tag-version/commit/3958e688a60df4f1ba46137d1f4147a65817c8d7))
+
 ## [12.5.2](https://github.com/absolute-version/commit-and-tag-version/compare/v12.5.1...v12.5.2) (2025-07-30)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 96b96315e..69bd560bf 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "commit-and-tag-version",
-  "version": "12.5.2",
+  "version": "12.6.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "commit-and-tag-version",
-      "version": "12.5.2",
+      "version": "12.6.0",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "chalk": "^2.4.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index aca29fcd4..46f347be2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "commit-and-tag-version",
-  "version": "12.5.2",
+  "version": "12.6.0",
   "description": "replacement for `npm version` with automatic CHANGELOG generation",
   "bin": "bin/cli.js",
   "scripts": {