diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 4138c8631..a5d7dea1e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+1.12.6 (13.08.2018)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+ * Fix: Pin Beautiful Soup to 4.6.0 due to further regressions in formatting empty elements (Matt Westcott)
+
+
 1.12.5 (13.08.2018)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.12.6.rst b/docs/releases/1.12.6.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c0e0928c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/releases/1.12.6.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+============================
+Wagtail 1.12.6 release notes
+============================
+
+.. contents::
+    :local:
+    :depth: 1
+
+
+What's new
+==========
+
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+ * Pin Beautiful Soup to 4.6.0 due to further regressions in formatting empty elements (Matt Westcott)
diff --git a/docs/releases/index.rst b/docs/releases/index.rst
index c3308b22a..9033fde95 100644
--- a/docs/releases/index.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/index.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Release notes
    :maxdepth: 1
 
    upgrading
+   1.12.6
    1.12.5
    1.12.4
    1.12.3