diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6d4d721f..3041a1ad 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [12.6.0](https://github.com/webpack-contrib/sass-loader/compare/v12.5.0...v12.6.0) (2022-02-15)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* added support for automatic loading of `sass-embedded` ([#1025](https://github.com/webpack-contrib/sass-loader/issues/1025)) ([c8dae87](https://github.com/webpack-contrib/sass-loader/commit/c8dae87f0c90b13303096e0d3aec857c4046c36b))
+
 ## [12.5.0](https://github.com/webpack-contrib/sass-loader/compare/v12.4.0...v12.5.0) (2022-02-14)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 045cc8ce..8b5e2c24 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "sass-loader",
-  "version": "12.5.0",
+  "version": "12.6.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 90b1a618..4bb9672b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "sass-loader",
-  "version": "12.5.0",
+  "version": "12.6.0",
   "description": "Sass loader for webpack",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": "webpack-contrib/sass-loader",