diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0a75fc42904e19ab94f77656e065e17ad1c07a98..1ee39cd26908dcb52c7e0bb6ccf911a7c5b55321 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## [1.2.6](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/openshift/compare/1.2.5...1.2.6) (2022-02-23)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **vault:** Vault JWT authentication not working ([18102f8](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/openshift/commit/18102f89a764b1684bf79224ceacdd7e45ec8c01))
+
 ## [1.2.5](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/openshift/compare/1.2.4...1.2.5) (2022-01-10)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d371eb1e7af2bf26ae95f2777fab8b4778f55ac2..a33317a26132e26eaa4fd003c38c3cb8add28260 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ In order to include this template in your project, add the following to your `gi
 ```yaml
 include:
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/openshift'
-    ref: '1.2.5'
+    ref: '1.2.6'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-openshift.yml'
 ```
 
@@ -458,11 +458,11 @@ With:
 include:
   # main template
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/openshift'
-    ref: '1.2.5'
+    ref: '1.2.6'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-openshift.yml'
   # Vault variant
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/openshift'
-    ref: '1.2.5'
+    ref: '1.2.6'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-openshift-vault.yml'
 
 variables:
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ variables:
 ```yaml
 include:
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/openshift'
-    ref: '1.2.5' 
+    ref: '1.2.6' 
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-openshift.yml'
 
 variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-openshift-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-openshift-vault.yml
index 214e90512ed445a8456a08a63eabebc79969f340..78e53bb8ffbd09c18d4922e86e3b80e8f09d5a95 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-openshift-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-openshift-vault.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 .os-base:
   services:
     - name: "$CI_REGISTRY/to-be-continuous/tools/tracking:master"
-      command: ["--service", "openshift", "1.2.5" ]
+      command: ["--service", "openshift", "1.2.6" ]
     - name: "$CI_REGISTRY/to-be-continuous/tools/vault-secrets-provider:master"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-openshift.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-openshift.yml
index 1d70e3dbfe9c2f932c527cb50933106b7bfb3302..2b8245afc1ee79c48df58a9c64366613ca49b9ea 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-openshift.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-openshift.yml
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ stages:
     fi
   }
 
-  if [[ "$TEMPLATE_CHECK_UPDATE_DISABLED" != "true" ]]; then check_for_update openshift "1.2.5"; fi
+  if [[ "$TEMPLATE_CHECK_UPDATE_DISABLED" != "true" ]]; then check_for_update openshift "1.2.6"; fi
 
   # export tool functions (might be used in after_script)
   export -f log_info log_warn log_error assert_defined last_rollout_status force_rollout poll_last_rollout extract_oldest_tags_from_image_stream_definition purge_old_image_tags
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ stages:
   image: $OS_CLI_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$CI_REGISTRY/to-be-continuous/tools/tracking:master"
-      command: ["--service", "openshift", "1.2.5" ]
+      command: ["--service", "openshift", "1.2.6" ]
   before_script:
     - *os-scripts
     - install_ca_certs "${CUSTOM_CA_CERTS:-$DEFAULT_CA_CERTS}"