diff --git a/.github/workflows/github-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/github-ci.yml
index 5f9b4c59..f0656f13 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github-ci.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ on:
 # Define env vars #
 ###################
 env:
-  HEXL_VER: 1.2.5
+  HEXL_VER: 1.2.6
   HEXL_DIR: ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/lib/cmake/hexl-${HEXL_VER}
   HEXL_HINT_DIR: >
       -DHEXL_HINT_DIR=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/lib/cmake/hexl-${HEXL_VER}
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 356c13a3..72cb3c43 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
 # Changes
 
-## Version 1.2.5
+## Version 1.2.6
+- Update documentation to make a reference to OpenFHE
+- Complies with Clang-Format +11
+- Fixes EltwiseFMAMod Failing on 52 bits modulus (https://github.com/IntelLabs/hexl/pull/136)
+- Fixes Check Bounds for avx512 reduction mod_2 (https://github.com/IntelLabs/hexl/pull/153)
+- Fixes Destructor error (https://github.com/IntelLabs/hexl/pull/159)
+- Updates to CI/CD
+- Add SECURITY.md for OSSF Scorecard compliance
+- Added workflow permissions to meet OpenSSF Scorecard requirements
 
+## Version 1.2.5
 - Adds experimental FFT-like (https://github.com/intel/hexl/pull/104)
 - Adds big moduli tests for IFMA (https://github.com/intel/hexl/pull/123)
 - Fixes HEXL's example build (https://github.com/intel/hexl/pull/114)
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 61892c37..2d35adba 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 # target_link_options and cmake -S . -B build require cmake 3.13
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
-project(HEXL VERSION 1.2.5 LANGUAGES C CXX)
+project(HEXL VERSION 1.2.6 LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
 include(CheckCCompilerFlag)
 include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index bc9ecb02..6ff542b1 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 # Default codeowner for all files
-* @intel/hexl-maintain
+* @IntelLabs/hexl-maintain
diff --git a/example/README.md b/example/README.md
index 9b877299..a55dff2d 100644
--- a/example/README.md
+++ b/example/README.md
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ Once you have installed Intel HE Acceleration Library. Then, in your external
 application, add the following lines to your `CMakeLists.txt`:
 
 ```bash
-find_package(HEXL 1.2.5
+find_package(HEXL 1.2.6
     HINTS ${HEXL_HINT_DIR}
     REQUIRED)
 target_link_libraries(<your target> HEXL::hexl)
 ```
 If Intel HE Acceleration Library is installed globally, `HEXL_HINT_DIR` is not
 needed. Otherwise, `HEXL_HINT_DIR` should be the directory containing
-`HEXLConfig.cmake`, e.g. `${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/cmake/hexl-1.2.5/`
+`HEXLConfig.cmake`, e.g. `${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/cmake/hexl-1.2.6/`
 
 ## Method 2 (pkgconfig)
 
diff --git a/example/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/example/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index ec7bf652..6701c13b 100644
--- a/example/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/example/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 
 # Example using source
-find_package(HEXL 1.2.5
+find_package(HEXL 1.2.6
     HINTS ${HEXL_HINT_DIR}
     REQUIRED)
 if (NOT TARGET HEXL::hexl)
diff --git a/example/vcpkg/vcpkg.json b/example/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
index 83c91261..e6423f66 100644
--- a/example/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
+++ b/example/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
     "dependencies": [
         {
             "name": "hexl",
-            "version>=": "1.2.5"
+            "version>=": "1.2.6"
         }
     ],
     "builtin-baseline": "7baf7bc9f3390bab2f47e2bcbd35b065663bc80d",
     "overrides": [
-        { "name": "hexl", "version": "1.2.1", "port-version": 0}
+        { "name": "hexl", "version": "1.2.6", "port-version": 0}
     ]
 }
diff --git a/port/hexl/portfile.cmake b/port/hexl/portfile.cmake
index 6c68c546..90270a4c 100644
--- a/port/hexl/portfile.cmake
+++ b/port/hexl/portfile.cmake
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ vcpkg_cmake_configure(
 )
 
 vcpkg_cmake_install()
-vcpkg_cmake_config_fixup(PACKAGE_NAME "HEXL" CONFIG_PATH "lib/cmake/hexl-1.2.5")
+vcpkg_cmake_config_fixup(PACKAGE_NAME "HEXL" CONFIG_PATH "lib/cmake/hexl-1.2.6")
 
 vcpkg_fixup_pkgconfig()
 
diff --git a/port/hexl/vcpkg.json b/port/hexl/vcpkg.json
index fccd8518..cea42f10 100644
--- a/port/hexl/vcpkg.json
+++ b/port/hexl/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "hexl",
-  "version": "1.2.5",
+  "version": "1.2.6",
   "description": "Intel® HEXL is an open-source library which provides efficient implementations of integer arithmetic on Galois fields.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/intel/hexl",
   "supports": "x64 & !(windows & !static)",